cantonment

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Every year, Ambala, a British colonial-era army cantonment, has typically drawn hundreds of youth into the military with the prospect of lifetime employment.

From Reuters • Sep. 7, 2022

The incident occurred at Mathura cantonment railway station in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2022

Through their research, the cousins determined Armstrong’s original burial site in 1941 was in the British cantonment area of St. Luke’s Anglican Church Cemetery in Toungoo, Burma.

From Washington Times • May 29, 2017

According to a BBC round up of reports: The Peshawar explosions took place near Shama Square, a major crossroads at the northern end of Peshawar’s cantonment area, near the U.S. consulate.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2010

A promise came over from Berlin, through the medium of a neutral nation, to look for the young man in every prison cantonment.

From The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) by Blasco Ib??ez, Vicente