Delhi

Delhi within the Republic of India

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • megacity/and/union territory India (country) containing the national capital New Delhi.
  • locale continent, North America ; named for the city in India.
  • county-level city Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Haixi Qinghai (province) China (country)

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Origin

  • From Hindi दिल्ली / Urdu دلی and Hindi देहली / Urdu دہلی, of uncertain origin. See Delhi § Toponym at Wikipedia.
  • Mongolian Дэлхий / ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ.

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