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Mysore
Mysuru

Mysore

Mysore, officially Mysuru, is the second-most populous city of the state of after . It was the capital of the Wodeyar dynasty and is considered to be the cultural capital of Karnataka.
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  • Type: City with 887,000 residents
  • Description: city in the state of Karnataka, India
  • Also known as: “Mahisūr”, “Maisūr”, “Mysooru”, and “Mysuru”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mysore Palace and Mysore Zoo.

Castle
Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.
, also known as Amba Vilas Palace, is a historical palace and a royal residence. It is located in Mysore, , India. It used to be the official residence of the Wadiyar dynasty and the seat of the Kingdom of Mysore.

Zoo
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, officially known as Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, is a composite of zoological gardens and animal park located in the city of Mysore, .

College
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Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, also known as Government Medical College, Mysuru is one of the oldest medical colleges in . It is located in the heart of the city of Mysuru adjacent to the Mysuru city railway station.

Mysore

Latitude
12.3° or 12° 18′ north
Longitude
76.65° or 76° 39′ east
Population
887,000
Elevation
757 metres (2,484 feet)
IATA airport code
MYQ
United Nations Location Code
IN MYQ
Open location code
7J4R7JXX+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2068274800
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1262321
Wiki­data ID
Q10086
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Mysore” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مايسور”
  • Arabic: “ميسور”
  • Armenian: “Մայսուր”
  • Assamese: “মহীশুৰ”
  • Assamese: “মহীশূৰ”
  • Assamese: “মাইচ’ৰ”
  • Assamese: “মাইচুৰ”
  • Assamese: “মাইচুৰু”
  • Assamese: “মৈচুৰ”
  • Asturian: “Mysore”
  • Basque: “Mysore”
  • Belarusian: “Майсур”
  • Bengali: “মহীশূর”
  • Bhojpuri: “मैसुरु”
  • Bishnupriya: “মাইসোর”
  • Bulgarian: “Майсур”
  • Burmese: “မိုင်ဆိုမြို့”
  • Catalan: “Mysore”
  • Catalan: “Mysuru”
  • Cebuano: “Mysore”
  • Cebuano: “Mysuru”
  • Chinese: “Mysore”
  • Chinese: “迈索尔”
  • Chinese: “邁索爾”
  • Czech: “Maisúr”
  • Danish: “Mysore”
  • Danish: “Mysuru”
  • Dutch: “Mysore”
  • Dutch: “Mysuru”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مايسور”
  • Esperanto: “Majsur”
  • Esperanto: “Majsuro”
  • Finnish: “Mysore”
  • Finnish: “Mysuru”
  • French: “Mysore”
  • French: “Mysuru”
  • Galician: “Mysore”
  • Galician: “Mysuru”
  • Georgian: “მაისური (ქალაქი)”
  • Georgian: “მაისური”
  • German: “Maissur”
  • German: “Maisur”
  • German: “Maisuru”
  • German: “Mysore”
  • German: “Mysuru”
  • Greek: “Μαϊσόρ”
  • Greek: “Μαϊσόρε”
  • Gujarati: “મૈસૂર”
  • Hebrew: “מייסור”
  • Hebrew: “מיסור”
  • Hindi: “मैसुरु”
  • Hindi: “मैसूर”
  • Hungarian: “Maiszúr”
  • Hungarian: “Májszúr”
  • Hungarian: “Mysore”
  • Indonesian: “Mysore”
  • Indonesian: “Mysuru”
  • Irish: “Mysore”
  • Italian: “Mahisur”
  • Italian: “Mysore”
  • Italian: “Mysuru”
  • Japanese: “マイスール”
  • Japanese: “マイソール”
  • Kannada: “Mysūru”
  • Kannada: “ಮೈಸೂರು”
  • Kashmiri: “میسور”
  • Korean: “마이소르”
  • Latvian: “Maisūre”
  • Latvian: “Maisūru”
  • Lithuanian: “Maisoras”
  • Lithuanian: “Maisūras”
  • Macedonian: “Мајсор”
  • Macedonian: “Мајсур”
  • Maithili: “मैसूर”
  • Malagasy: “Mysore”
  • Malagasy: “Mysuru”
  • Malay: “Mysore”
  • Malay: “Mysuru”
  • Malayalam: “മൈസൂരു”
  • Marathi: “मैसुरु”
  • Marathi: “मैसूर”
  • Marathi: “म्हैसूर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mysore”
  • Nepali: “मैसुर”
  • Nepali: “मैसूर”
  • Newari: “मैसूर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mysore”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mysore”
  • Norwegian: “Mysore”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mysore”
  • Oriya: “ମହୀଶୂର”
  • Oriya: “ମୈସୁର”
  • Pampanga: “Mysore”
  • Panjabi: “ਮੈਸੂਰ”
  • Persian: “میسور”
  • Polish: “Mysore”
  • Polish: “Mysuru”
  • Portuguese: “Maiçor”
  • Portuguese: “Mysore”
  • Pushto: “مايسور”
  • Romanian: “Mysore”
  • Russian: “Майсур”
  • Sanskrit: “महिषपुरम्”
  • Sanskrit: “मैसुरु”
  • Sanskrit: “मैसूर”
  • Sanskrit: “मैसूरु”
  • Santali: “ᱢᱟᱭᱥᱩᱨ”
  • Santali: “ᱢᱟᱭᱥᱩᱨᱩ”
  • Scots: “Mysore”
  • Scots: “Mysuru”
  • Serbian: “Мајсор”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mysore”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mysuru”
  • Sinhala: “මයිසූර්”
  • Slovak: “Mysore”
  • Slovenian: “Misore”
  • Slovenian: “Mysore”
  • Somali: “Mysore”
  • South Azerbaijani: “میسور”
  • Spanish: “Mysore”
  • Spanish: “Mysuru”
  • Swahili: “Mysore”
  • Swahili: “Mysuru”
  • Swedish: “Mysore”
  • Swedish: “Mysuru”
  • Talysh: “Majsur”
  • Tamil: “மைசூர்”
  • Tatar: “Майсор”
  • Telugu: “మైసూరు”
  • Thai: “มัยซอร์”
  • Thai: “ไมซอร์”
  • Tulu: “ಮೈಸೂರು”
  • Turkish: “Maisur”
  • Ukrainian: “Майсур”
  • Ukrainian: “Майсуру”
  • Urdu: “میسور”
  • Uzbek: “Maysur”
  • Venetian: “Mysore”
  • Vietnamese: “Mysore”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mysore”
  • Welsh: “Mysore”
  • Western Panjabi: “میسور”
  • Wu Chinese: “迈索尔”
  • Yue Chinese: “邁索爾”
  • “मैसुरु”

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