उपरैनगंज

Named after Major Lucius Robert O'Brien. A corruption of English O'Brien +‎ -गंज (-gañj) with an initial vowel change from an unstressed /ə/ to /ʊ/ and devoicing of /b/ to /p/.

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʊp.ɾɛːn.ɡənd͡ʒ/, [ʊp.ɾɛ̃ːn.ɡɐ̃nd͡ʒ]
• Rhymes: -ənd͡ʒ
• Hyphenation: उप‧रैन‧गंज

उपरैनगंज • (upraingañj) m

1. Uprainganj (a neighbourhood of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India)
   • 2024 October 24, ETV Bharat Madhya Pradesh Team, “जबलपुर के कई इलाकों का बदलने जा रहा नाम, नामकरण से पहले जान लें पुराने नामों की रोचक कहानी [jabalpur ke kaī ilākõ kā badalne jā rahā nām, nāmkaraṇa se pahle jān lẽ purāne nāmõ kī rocak kahānī, The names of many areas of Jabalpur are going to change. Before [re]naming [them], know the interesting story of their old names]”, in ETV Network‎^[2], archived from the original on 8 March 2025:

     जबलपुर का एक मोहल्ला उपरैनगंज के नाम से जाना जाता है. 1817 में मेजर ओब्रायन ने मराठों से जबलपुर छीन लिया था. उन्हीं के नाम पर ओब्रायन गंज रखा गया था. जो बोलचाल में उपरैन गंज हो गया.

     jabalpur kā ek mohallā upraingañj ke nām se jānā jātā hai. 1817 mẽ mejar obrāyan ne marāṭhõ se jabalpur chīn liyā thā. unhī̃ ke nām par obrāyan gañj rakhā gayā thā. jo bolcāl mẽ uprain gañj ho gayā.

     ^[1] A locality in Jabalpur is known as Uprainganj. In 1817, Major O'Brien snatched ^[sic] Jabalpur from the Marathas, and O'Brien Ganj was named after him. It became Uprain Ganj in common parlance.