Chandigarh

/ˌt͡ʃʌndɪˈɡɑː(ɹ)/

/ˌt͡ʃɑːndɪˈɡɑː(ɹ)/

From Chandi + Garh. Chandi refers to a Hindu Goddess, the warrior avatar of Goddess Parvati, while Garh means "fort". The name is derived from Chandi Mandir, an ancient temple devoted to this goddess, near the city in Panchkula District.

A city and union territory in northern India, located between Punjab and Haryana; the capital city of Haryana and Punjab.

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu


Delhi

→ Arabic: دِلْهِي (dilhī)

→ Chinese: 德里 (Délǐ)

→ Greek: Δελχί (Delchí)

→ Hebrew: דֵלְהִי (delhī)

→ Japanese: デリー (Derī)

→ Tamil: டெல்லி (ṭelli)

→ Turkish: Delhi

Corrupted from Hindustani دہلی (dihlī, dêhli) / देहली (dehlī), of uncertain origin. See Delhi § Toponym at Wikipedia. Compare Hindi दिल्ली (dillī).

A megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi.


Pondicherry

Borrowed from Tamil பாண்டிச்சேரி (pāṇṭiccēri, literally “pandi town”).

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பாண்டிச்சேரி

Former name of Puducherry: The capital city of the union territory of Puducherry, India.


Port Blair

Named after British surveyor Archibald Blair.

named-after

Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andaman and Nicobar Islands#English

The capital city of the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.

বন্দর ব্লেয়ার

capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India


Hyderabad

/ˈhaɪdəɹəbɑːd/

Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Hyderabad, India
Hyderabad, Sindh

Borrowed from Hindi हैदराबाद (haidarābād) / Urdu حیدرآباد (haidarābād), from हैदर (haidar) / حیدر (haidar, “lion”) + -आबाद (-ābād) / آباد (ābād, “-ābād”, placename suffix). Named in honour of the Caliph Ali Ibn Abi Talib, nicknamed "Haidar" for his lion-like valour in battles.

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The capital and largest city of Telangana, India.


Itanagar

Borrowed from Assamese ইটানগৰ (itanogor). ইটা (ita, “brick”) + নগৰ (nogor, “city”).

compound

Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh#English

A city, the state capital of Arunachal Pradesh, India.


Dispur

A city, the state capital of Assam, India.


Patna

From Hindi पटना (paṭnā), also known as पाटलिपुत्र (pāṭliputra) at one time.

The capital and largest city of Bihar, India.


Raipur

A Brahman, resident in a village near Raipur, stated that he had eaten food (rice and milk) out of the hand of the dead Rajah of Bilaspur.

1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 44:

A city, the state capital of Chhattisgarh, India.


Silvassa

Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Dadra and Nagar Haveli#English

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu#English

The capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli district, union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.


Daman

The given name derives from the Sanskrit equivalent of Ancient Greek Damian, the brother of Cosmas.

The capital of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.

達曼 /达曼

state capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India


New Delhi

The capital city of India, located in the national capital territory of Delhi.


Panaji

Panjim (alternative)
Ponjim (alternative)
Ponnji (alternative)


Gandhinagar

Unadapted borrowing from Gujarati ગાંધીનગર (gā̃dhīnagar), Hindi गाँधीनगर (gāndhīnagar); named in honor of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

ubor

A city, the state capital of Gujarat, India.


Shimla

Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh#English

A city and district, the state capital of Himachal Pradesh, India.


Srinagar

/ˈʃɹi.nəˌɡɑɹ/

Transliteration of Hindi श्रीनगर (śrīnagar), from Sanskrit श्री (śrī) + नगर (nagara, “town, city”). Compare Urdu سِرِی نَگَر (sirī nagar).

transliteration

Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir#English

A city and district, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is situated in the Kashmir valley on the banks of the river Jhelum and famous for its gardens.


Ranchi

A city, the state capital of Jharkhand, India.


Bangalore

/ˌbæŋ.ɡəˈlɔː/

/ˌbæŋ.ɡəˈloɹ/

From Kannada ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು (beṅgaḷūru). See Bengaluru for details.

Synonym of Bengaluru, a megacity, the state capital of Karnataka, India.


Thiruvananthapuram

/tɪˌɹuːvəˌnʌntəˈpuːɹəm/

Borrowed from Malayalam തിരുവനന്തപുരം (tiruvanantapuraṁ).

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തിരുവനന്തപുരം

A city and district, the state capital of Kerala, India, formerly known as Trivandrum.


Trivandrum

Former name of Thiruvananthapuram: the capital of Kerala, India.


Bhopal

The state capital of Madhya Pradesh, India.


Mumbai

From Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī), from मुंबा (mumbā, “the goddess Mumba, the local mother goddess”)+आई (āī, “mother”).

A megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay.

Moembaai

state capital of Maharashtra — see also Bombay


Bombay

From Portuguese Bombaim, possibly from Marathi मुंबादेवी (mumbādevī, “goddess Mumba”) or from bom + baim. Most likely a combination of both.

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Bombay
Bombay cat
en:Bombay (disambiguation)

Have you heard any word
Of that bloke in the "Third" -
Was it Sotherby, Sedgewick or Sim?
They had him chucked out of a club in Bombay.
But apart from his mess bills exceeding his pay,
He took to pig-sticking in quite the wrong way.
I wonder what happened to him?

1945, Noël Coward, I Wonder What Happened to Him?:

(dated) The former name of Mumbai, the state capital of Maharashtra, India.


Imphal

A city, the state capital of Manipur, India.


Shillong

A city, the state capital of Meghalaya, India.


Aizawl

A city, the state capital of Mizoram, India.


Kohima

Borrowed from Angami Kewhira (“the land where the kewhi flower grows”).

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A city, the state capital of Nagaland, India.


Jaipur

/ˈd͡ʒaɪpʊəɹ/

/ˈd͡ʒeɪpʊəɹ/


Gangtok

A city, the state capital of Sikkim, India.


Chennai

The capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India, formerly known as Madras.


Madras

The etymology is uncertain; it may derive from Madraspattinam. See Wikipedia for several possible etymologies.

Former name of Chennai: the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India.


Agartala

A city, the state capital of Tripura, India.


Lucknow

‘Lucknow is not a village. It is a city with a thousand years of civilization. It was the capital of the Awadh kingdom.ʼ

2023, Santanu Bhattacharya, One Small Voice, Fig Tree, page 11:

A city, district, and division, the state capital of Uttar Pradesh, India.


Calcutta

Anglicization of Bengali কলকাতা (kolkata), which is now rendered Kolkata.

Former name of Kolkata: the capital and largest city of West Bengal, India.

Kolkata

former name of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal


Kolkata

/kɔːlˈkɑːtə/

From Bengali কলকাতা (kolkata); further etymology disputed. More on the Wikipedia page.

The capital city of West Bengal, India, formerly known in English as Calcutta.


Churu

A city in Churu district, Rajasthan, India.


Sikar

A city in Sikar district, Rajasthan, India.


Jodhpur

Named after Jodha of Mandore (1416–1489).

named-after

They marched, jaw-bound against blowing sand, across the salt desert to Jodhpur, where Mahbub and his handsome nephew Habib Ullah did much trading; and then sorrowfully, in European clothes, which he was fast outgrowing, Kim went second-class to St Xavier’s.

1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, chapter X, in Kim (Macmillan’s Colonial Library; no. 414), London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC:


Amber

From a form of the Hindi आसमान (āsmān, “the heavens”).

A city in Rajasthan, India, also known as Amer.


Hassan

A district and city in Karnataka, India.


Ahmedabad

Borrowed from Hindustani اَحْمَد آباد (aḥmad ābād) / अहमदाबाद (ahmadābād). Named after the ruler of the Gujarat Sultanate, Ahmad Shah I (reigned 1411 - 1442). Romanized form Ahmed + -abad.


Lakhimpur

A city in Lakhimpur Kheri district, Lucknow division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Puducherry

/ˌpʊdʊˈt͡ʃɛɹi/

Borrowed from Tamil புதுச்சேரி (putuccēri, literally “new town”), reinforcing with the former name Pondicherry.

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The capital city of the union territory of Puducherry, India.


Coimbatore

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கோயம்புத்தூர்

A large city and district of Tamil Nadu, India.


Anand

en-proper noun

Anand (countable and uncountable, plural Anands)

Anands (plural)
Ananda (alternative)
Nanda (alternative)

From Sanskrit आनन्द (ānanda, “joy, delight, pleasure”).


Jammu

From Dogri जम्मू (jammū) via Hindustani جَمُّوں (jammū̃) / जम्मू (jammū), ultimately from Sanskrit जम्बू (jambū). Traditionally considered to be named after Raja Jambulochan.

A major city in Jammu district, Jammu and Kashmir, India, located on the banks of Tawi river, and which serves as the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir.


Erode

The capital city of Erode district, Tamil Nadu, India.


Mangalore

Borrowed from Kannada ಮಂಗಳೂರು (maṅgaḷūru). Named after Hinduism deity Mangaladevi.

A city in Karnataka, south-western India.


Udupi

A city in Karnataka, in southwestern India.


Saharanpur

A city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, in northern India.


Kochi

Cochin (alternative)
Cochi (alternative)
Kochin (alternative)

A city in Kerala, in southwestern India.


Pune

Poona (alternative)
Poonah (alternative)

A major city and district of Maharashtra, India.


Bhubaneswar

A city, the state capital of Odisha, India.


Kanpur

Caunpoor (alternative)
Caunpore (alternative)
Cawnpore (alternative)
Kahnpur (alternative)

A large city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.


Nagpur

A large city, the winter capital of Maharashtra, India.


Dehradun

A city, the state capital of Uttarakhand, India.


Indore

Borrowed from Hindustani اِنْدَور / इंदौर (indaur).

The largest city in Madhya Pradesh, India.


Thane

Transliteration of Marathi ठाणे (ṭhāṇe). Doublet of thana.

A large city and district of Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.


Agra

From Sanskrit अग्रेवण (agrevaṇa, “forest border”), from अग्र (agra, “border, in front of”) + वन (vana, “forest”).


Pimpri-Chinchwad

A large city in Pune district, Maharashtra, India, within the Pune Metropolitan Region.


Vadodara

A large city and district of Gujarat, India (formerly Baroda).


Ghaziabad

A large city and district of Meerut division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Varanasi

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī).


Navi Mumbai

Borrowed from Marathi नवी मुंबई (navī mumbaī).


Visakhapatnam

Borrowed from Telugu విశాఖపట్నం (viśākhapaṭnaṁ).

Vizagapatam (alternative)
Vizag (alternative)

The largest city in Andhra Pradesh, India.


Howrah

A large city and district in West Bengal; a suburb of Kolkata, India.


Haora

Alternative form of Howrah, a city in Howrah district, West Bengal, India.


Allahabad

/ˌæləhəˈbæd/

/ˌæləhəˈbɑːd/

Borrowed from Classical Persian اللهآباد (Allāh-ābād), from Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh) + Persian آباد (âbâd). Romanized form Allah + -abad.

Former name of Prayagraj: a city and district of Uttar Pradesh, India.


Jabalpur

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⇒ Translingual: Jubbulpur(ia) (“genus of dinosaurs”) (< Jubbulpore)

Borrowed from Hindi जबलपुर (jabalpur) (see there for more). A former spelling was Jubbulpore.


Mysore

Latin: mysorēnsis

An anglicised version of Kannada ಮಹಿಶೂರು (mahiśūru, literally “abode of Mahisha”). Though in Sanskrit Mahisha means "buffalo", here it refers to Mahishasura, a mythological demon who could assume the form of both a human and a buffalo. According to Hindu mythology, the area was ruled by the demon Mahishasura. The demon was killed by the Goddess Chamundeshwari, whose temple is situated atop the Chamundi Hills. Mahishūru later became Mahisūru (a name which, even now, the royal family uses) and finally came to be called Maisūru, its present name in the Kannada language.

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A large city, district, and division of Karnataka, India.


Guwahati

Borrowed from Assamese গুৱাহাটী (guahati).

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Gauhati (alternative)
Goahawtee (alternative)


Leh

A city, the co-capital of Ladakh, India.


Motala

A city in Buldhana district, Maharashtra, India.


Baleswar

Borrowed from Hindi बालेश्वर (bāleśvar).

A city in Odisha, India, on the Bay of Bengal.


Ambala

A city and district of the state of Haryana, India.


Kollam

From Malayalam കൊല്ലം (kollaṁ), from കോ (kō, “king”) + ഇല്ലം (illaṁ, “house”).

com

A city in Kollam district, Kerala, India.


Bhilai

A city in Chhattisgarh, in eastern India.


Cochin

Former name of Kochi: a city in Kerala, India.


Asansol

A city in West Bengal, in eastern India.


Kolhapur

Borrowed from Marathi कोल्हापूर (kolhāpūr).

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A city in Maharashtra, in western India.


Benares

(dated) Alternative form of Varanasi, a city in Uttar Pradesh, India.


Kozhikode

From Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ). The name probably corresponds to Ancient Greek Καλαικαρίας (Kalaikarías), mentioned by Ptolemy, of uncertain meaning. The second element is likely Sanskrit कोट (koṭa, “fortress, palace”). The first element could be from Kali, wife of Shiva, meaning "palace of Kali," or it could instead be a Dravidian name கல்லியை (kalliyai).
The anglicized variant of the name is Calicut.

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Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ)

A city in Kerala, in southwestern India.


Calicut

From Portuguese Calicut, from Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ), perhaps through Arabic قليقوط (“qālīqūṭ”).

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Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് (kōḻikkōṭŭ)

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Arabic قليقوط (“qālīqūṭ”)

Former name of Kozhikode: a city in Kerala, India.


Chittoor

Borrowed from Telugu చిత్తూరు (cittūru).

A city and district of Andhra Pradesh, India.


Nellore

Borrowed from Telugu నెల్లూరు (nellūru).


Kadapa

Borrowed from Telugu గడప (gaḍapa, “gateway”).

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Cuddapah (alternative)
Cuddappah (alternative)


Ayodhya

Borrowed from Sanskrit अयोध्या (ayodhyā).

A city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India, on the bank of the Sarayu river.


Amaravati

The state capital of Andhra Pradesh, India.


Puna

Alternative spelling of Poona, a major city and district of Maharashtra, India.


Wagah

A border city in Punjab between India and Pakistan.


Jullundur

Former name of Jalandhar: a city in Punjab, India.


Rupnagar

A city in Punjab, an important Indus Valley Civilization site.


Azamgarh

A city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.


Chitrakoot

A city in Uttar Pradesh, India, in full Chitrakoot Dham.


Warangal

A city and district of Telangana, India.

Warangal
Warangal Rural district
Warangal Urban district


Mahbubnagar

Borrowed from Telugu మహబూబ్ నగర్ (mahabūb nagar).


Nizamabad

Borrowed from Hindi निज़ामाबाद (nizāmābād) / Urdu نظام آباد (nizāmābād).

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Hindi निज़ामाबाद (nizāmābād)


Aurangabad

Ultimately from Persian اورنگآباد (Owrang-âbâd), named for اُوْرَنگزیب (Owrang-zib, “Aurangzeb”), the sixth Mughal emperor (r. 1658–1707).

A large city, the headquarters of Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India.


Ferozepur

Firozpur (alternative)
Ferozepore (alternative)

A city on the banks of the Sutlej River, in the state of Punjab, India.


Amritsar

From Sanskrit अमृत "nectar" + सरस् "lake, pool".

A large city in Punjab, India, formerly known as Ramdaspur and sometimes called Ambarsar.


Pathankot

A city in Punjab, India, site of a major military base.


Faridkot

Faridkot
Faridkot district
Faridkot state
Fariduddin Ganjshakar

Named for Farīduddīn Ganjshakar ((Urdu: حضرت بابا فرید الدّین مسعود گنج شکر).


Sri Muktsar Sahib

A city in Punjab, India, formerly known as Khidrana and then as Muktsar.


Jalandhar

Borrowed from Sanskrit [Term?], from जल (jala, “water”) + अनदर (anadara, “inside”), because Shiva's son was born inside water.

compound

A city and district in northwestern Punjab, India, famous for sports equipments.


Patiala

A city in Punjab, India, site of the Qila Mubarak castle.


Fatehgarh Sahib

Literally "Town of Victory", so called since 1710, when Sikhs under Banda Bahadur conquered the area.

A city in Punjab, India, prominent in Sikh history.


Hamirpur

A city and district of Chitrakoot division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Diu

A city in the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India.


Gaya

Borrowed from Hindi गया (gayā), from Sanskrit गया (gayā).


Bengaluru

/ˌbɛŋ.ɡəˈlʊ.ɹuː/

From Kannada ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು (beṅgaḷūru). The source of the name Bengaluru is usually attributed to [script needed] (benda-kāl-ūru, “town of boiled beans”) from Kannada folklore.

A megacity, the state capital of Karnataka, India.


Udaipur

A city and district in Rajasthan, India.


Secunderabad

From Urdu سِکَنْدَر آباد (sikandar ābād) / Hindi सिकंदराबाद (sikandrābād), named after Sikander Jah. The spelling was likely influenced by Latin secundus.

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سِکَنْدَر آباد

It was my fate to commence my career in the medical service forty years ago in the presanitary days, long before the introduction of modern methods of diagnosis, at two of the most unhealthy stations in the whole of India — Bellary and Secunderabad.

1881, International Congress of Medicine, Transactions of the 1st, 2nd, 4th-17th Congress, page 541:

The twin city of Hyderabad in the Indian state of Telangana.


Mau

A city and district of Azamgarh division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Haridwar

Transliteration of Hindi हरिद्वार (haridvār).

translit

A city and municipality of Haridwar district, India.


Kanchipuram

Borrowed from Tamil காஞ்சிபுரம் (kāñcipuram), from Sanskrit [Term?], compound of काञ्ची (kāñcī) + पुरम् (puram).

compound

काञ्ची (kāñcī) + पुरम् (puram)

Congeveram (alternative)
Conjeevaram (alternative)
Conjeeveram (alternative)
Conjevaram (alternative)
Kanjeevaram (alternative)
Kanchi (alternative)


Kalaburagi

Borrowed from Kannada ಕಲಬುರಗಿ (kalaburagi).

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An Indian city and district located in the southern state of Karnataka.


Golaghat

/ˌɡoːlɑːˈɡʱɑːt/

/ˈɡoʊləˌɡɑːt/

Borrowed from Assamese গোলাঘাট (gülaghat).

A city in Assam, India, situated near the Dhansiri River in Upper – Assam, and one of the oldest urban agglomerations, raised to the status of a subdivision way back in 1839, and later elevated to a district in 1987.


Guntur

A district and city in Andhra Pradesh, India.


Anantapur

From Sanskrit अनन्त (ananta, “endless, boundless, eternal, infinite”) + Telugu పురము (puramu, “city, town”).

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A city and district of Andhra Pradesh, India.


Maheshwar

From Sanskrit महेश्वर (maheśvara); ultimately from महा (mahā, “great”) + ईश्वर (īśvara, “god”).


Sagar

Sagor (alternative)
Saugor (alternative)


Gonda

A city and district of Devipatan division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Ajmer

Borrowed from Hindi अजमेर (ajmer). Named for either Ajayaraja I or Ajayaraja II.


Karanja

en-proper noun

Karanja (countable and uncountable, plural Karanjas)

A city in Washim district, Maharashtra, India.


Bareilly

A city, district, and division in northern Uttar Pradesh, India.


Dharamshala

Borrowed from Hindi धर्मशाला (dharmaśālā), from Sanskrit धर्मशाला (dharmaśālā).

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The nearest airport from Dharamshala is at Gaggal (13 kms). Jagson Airlines flies thrice a week (via Kullu) from Delhi to Dharamshala. Jagson Airlines has a ticket counter at the airport. From the airport you can hire a taxi to Dharamshala,

2006, Swati Mitra, The Buddhist Trail in Himachal: A Travel Guide, Good Earth, →ISBN, page 150:

Ensconced in the beautiful Kangra Valley in Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala is not just another tourist spot, another hill station.

2011, Indian Premier League Story, Pearson Education India, →ISBN, page 67:

I live in Dharamshala (HP). Till now we have been discussing the northern part of the country, now I want to focus on the Himalayan region especially Dharamshala and the Indo-Tibetan border.

2012, Harsh Dobhal, Defend the Defenders: Resisting Attacks on Human Rights Activists in India, Socio Legal Information Cent, →ISBN, page 189:


Pundri

A city in Kaithal district, Haryana, India.


Panipat

Borrowed from Hindi पानीपत (pānīpat), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀢 (paṇṇapatta) or 𑀧𑀦𑁆𑀦𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀢 (pannapatta), from Sanskrit पाण्डुप्रस्थ (pāṇḍuprastha, “City of Pāṇḍu”), from पाण्डु (pāṇḍu, “A character from the Mahabharata”) and प्रस्थ (prastha, “city”).

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पाण्डुप्रस्थ

A city and district of Haryana, India, where three important battles were fought.


Dum Dum

Transliteration of Bengali দমদম (domdom).

transliteration

A city in West Bengal; a suburb of Kolkata, India.

At the time of going to press the useful evidence report consists of the fact that a storm warning was given to [BOAC Flight 783]’s captain, but that he, after consultations with meteorological people, decided to take off according to plan. The aircraft, following fire-warning-circuit rectification at Singapore and radio fault-rectification at Dum Dum Airport, Calcutta was then two and a half hours behind schedule.

1953, “Comet Accident Inquiry”, in Roland E. Dangerfield, editor, The Aeroplane, volume 84, page 668:

(aviation) The international airport of Kolkata, West Bengal, India, officially Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.


Faizabad

A city in Faizabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Kargil

Borrowed from Ladakhi དཀར་འཁྱིལ (dkar 'khyil).


Machilipatnam

Masulipatam (alternative)
Masulipatnam (alternative)

Transliteration of Telugu మచిలీపట్నం (macilīpaṭnaṁ).

transliteration

A city in Krishna district, Coastal Andhra, Andhra Pradesh, India.


Cooch Behar

Koch Bihar (alternative)
Kuch Bahar (alternative)

Borrowed from Kamta কোচবিহাৰ (küsbihar).


Tiruchirappalli

Borrowed from Tamil திருச்சிராப்பள்ளி (tiruccirāppaḷḷi).

bor+

திருச்சிராப்பள்ளி

Tiruchchirappalli (alternative)
Trichinopoly (alternative)
Trichinopolly (alternative)
Trichy (alternative)
Tiruchi (alternative)


Mathura

A city and district of Agra division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Kalyan

A city in Thane district, Maharashtra state, India.


Rajahmundry

Derived from the name of Rajaraja Narendra, an 11th-century ruler of the Chalukya dynasty of who ruled over the city.


Ujjain

Azin (alternative)
Ujjayini (alternative)
Ujjayani (alternative)
Oojyne (alternative archaic)

A city in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.


Dwarka

Transliteration of Gujarati દ્વારકા (dvārkā), Hindustani دوارکا (dvārkā) / द्वारका (dvārkā), Bengali দ্বারকা (darka), from Sanskrit द्वारका (dvārakā).

transliteration

A city and municipality of Devbhumi Dwarka district in the state of Gujarat in Western India, a site of Hindu pilgrimage.


Thoothukudi

Borrowed from Tamil தூத்துக்குடி (tūttukkuṭi).

bor+

தூத்துக்குடி

a port city and district in Tamil Nadu, India.


Panvel

Transliteration of Marathi पनवेल (panvel).

transliteration

Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Mumbai Metropolitan Region#English

A city in Raigad district, Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Maharashtra, India.


Alappuzha

Transliteration of Malayalam ആലപ്പുഴ (ālappuḻa).


Murshidabad

Transliteration of Bengali মুর্শিদাবাদ (murśidabad).

A historical city in state of West Bengal, India, located on the eastern bank of the Bhagirathi River.


Lakhnauti

From Bengali লখনৌতি (lokhnōuti). The term rose to prominence after Muslim rule, and is a most likely a corruption of Lakshmanavati, the name of the city under the Senas.

Gaur, an ancient Bengali city presently divided between Bangladesh and India.


Lakshmanavati

From Sanskrit लक्ष्मणवती (lakṣmaṇavatī) from लक्ष्मण (lakṣmaṇa), after Emperor Lakshmana Sena, and वती (vatī).

Gaur, an ancient Bengali city presently divided between Bangladesh and India, after falling to the Sena regime.


Jannatabad

From Persian جنّت آباد (jannat âbâd) from جنّت (jannat, “garden”) and آباد (âbâd, “inhabited place”).


Medinipur

Midnapore (alternative)
Mednipur (alternative)


Midnapore

Medinipur (alternative)
Mednipur (alternative)

Borrowed from Bengali মেদিনীপুর (medinīpur).


Darbhanga

Transliteration of Hindi दरभंगा (darbhaṅgā).

translit

A city in Darbhanga district, Bihar, India.


Bolpur

Transliteration of Bengali বোলপুর (bōlpur).

Bolepur (alternative archaic)
Bolpore (alternative archaic)
Bolepore (alternative archaic)

A city and municipality of Birbhum district, West Bengal, in eastern India.


Gurgaon

bor

Hindi गुड़गाँव (guṛgā̃v)


Bargarh

Transliteration of Odia ବରଗଡ଼ (baragaṛa).

translit

A city in Bargarh district, Odisha, India.


Vidisha

A city in central Madhya Pradesh, India.


Wankaner

Borrowed from Gujarati વાંકાનેર (vā̃kāner).

bor+

A city in Morbi district, Gujarat, India.


Thanjavur

/θʌnˈd͡ʒɑvʊɹ/

Borrowed from Tamil தஞ்சாவூர் (tañcāvūr).

A city in Tamil Nadu, India, formerly known as Tanjore.


Jaunpur

Borrowed from Hindustani جونپور / जौनपुर (jaunpur).

A district of Varanasi division, Uttar Pradesh, India.

A city in Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Tirunelveli

bor

திருநெல்வேலி

A city and district of Tamil Nadu, India.


Bardhaman

Borrowed from Bengali বর্ধমান (bôrdhôman).


Udhagamandalam

Borrowed from Tamil உதகமண்டலம் (utakamaṇṭalam).

Ootacamund (alternative)
Ooty (alternative)
Wotokymund (alternative)

A city and a municipality in the Nilgiris district of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.


Slumbai

How Slumbai is being shanghaied?

[…] lose an opportunity to strike at the non-Maharashtrian population in “Slumbai”.

It was a city where the fabulously wealthy Ambani dynasty could build a twenty-seven-storey tower-block in the exclusive Malabar Hill as their own personal compound, while inequality and poverty still of Victorian levels flourished in coagulating ‘Slumbai’.

2014, Tristram Hunt, Ten Cities That Made an Empire, Penguin Books, →ISBN:

The irony is every single corporate head honcho who creates jobs in this city has not raised his or her voice to sort the mess that Mumbai has denegenerated into. Probably because they have wonderful holiday/second/weekend homes in global cities like New York, London, Singapore or Dubai… Anywhere but Slumbai.

2016 June 24, Srinath Sridharan, “Slum shame & rains: In Mumbai, sab chalta hai”, in The Asian Age:

A day before his arrest, he had tweeted, “You have arrested the wrong person, slumbai police.”

2022 January 9, “‘Bulli Bai” accused Bishnoi tells police he hacked websites”, in Millennium Post:

(derogatory) Derogatory name for Mumbai: a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India.


Kanchrapara

A city in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India.


Chandannagar

Borrowed from Bengali চন্দননগর (condonnogor).

Chandernagore (alternative)
Chandernagor (alternative)
Shandernagor (alternative)

A city in Hooghly district, West Bengal, India.


Gurdaspur

a city and district in the Indian state of Punjab.


Kazipet

A city within Warangal Tri-City, Telangana, India.


Wardha

A city and district in Maharashtra, India.


Wadi

A city in Nagpur district, Maharashtra, India.


Vijayawada

Borrowed from Telugu విజయవాడ (vijayavāḍa).

Bezawada (alternative)
Bezwada (alternative)

A city in NTR district, Andhra Pradesh, India.


Vrindavan

Transliteration of Hindi वृन्दावन (vŕndāvan), from Sanskrit वृन्दावन (vṛndāvana).


Prayagraj

Transliteration of Hindi प्रयागराज (prayāgrāj).

A large city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India, formerly Allahabad.


Bangaon

Borrowed from Bengali বনগাঁ (bongã). The -gaon suffix is possibly by influence of place names like Gurgaon, Sonargaon etc.


Kurukshetra

Borrowed from Hindi कुरुक्षेत्र (kurukṣetra), Sanskrit कुरुक्षेत्र (kurukṣetra).

bor+

A city in Haryana, India, famous for the mythical War of Kurukshetra.


Burdwan

Anglicization of Bengali বর্ধমান (bôrdhôman).

former name of Bardhaman, a city in West Bengal, India.


Mangaluru

Synonym of Mangalore, a city in Karnataka, south-western India.


Vasco da Gama

Named after Portuguese navigator and governor of Portuguese India Vasco da Gama.

named-after

List of governors of Portuguese India
Vasco da Gama, Goa


Bankura

A city and district in West Bengal, India.


Siliguri

/ˈsɪliˌɡʊɹi/

Transliteration of Bengali শিলিগুড়ি (śiliguṛi).

translit

A large city in northern West Bengal, India.


Godhra

A city in Panchmahal district, Gujarat, India.


Ratlam

A city and district in Madhya Pradesh, India.


Abu Road

A city in Sirohi district, Rajasthan, India.


Fazilka

A city and district in Punjab, India; the district borders onto Pakistan.


Bandikui

A city in Dausa district, Rajasthan, India.


Virar

A coastal city in Palghal district, Maharashtra, India, north of Mumbai.


Vasai

Historical name: Bassein

A city in Palghar district, near Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.


Palanpur

A city in Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India.


Bharuch

Broach (alternative)
Baroach (alternative)
Bhroch (alternative)
Baroche (alternative)
Baruj (alternative)
Barochi (alternative)
Behrug (alternative)

A city and district at the mouth of the Narmada River in Gujarat, India.


Kannur

Borrowed from Malayalam കണ്ണൂർ (kaṇṇūṟ).

Cananor (alternative)
Cannanore (alternative)
Canonor (alternative)

A city and a municipal corporation in Kerala, India.


Jhansi

A city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.


Wayanad

Borrowed from Malayalam വയനാട് (vayanāṭŭ).


Kottayam

Borrowed from Malayalam കോട്ടയം (kōṭṭayaṁ).


Tumakuru

Borrowed from Kannada ತುಮಕುರು (tumakuru).


Hubballi

Borrowed from Kannada ಹುಬ್ಬಳ್ಳಿ (hubbaḷḷi).


Shivamogga

Borrowed from Kannada ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗಾ (śivamoggā).


Hosapete

Borrowed from Kannada ಹೊಸಪೇಟೆ (hosapēṭe).


Chikkamagaluru

Borrowed from Kannada ಚಿಕ್ಕಮಗಳೂರು (cikkamagaḷūru).

a city and district in Karnataka, India.


Palakkad

Borrowed from Malayalam പാലക്കാട് (pālakkāṭŭ).


Vijayapura

Borrowed from Kannada ವಿಜಯಪುರ (vijayapura).


Ballari

Borrowed from Kannada ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿ (baḷḷāri).


Hoshangabad

From Hindustani होशंगाबाद (hośaṅgābād) / ہوشنگ آباد.


Mayiladuthurai

a city and district in Tamil Nadu, India.


Viluppuram

Borrowed from Tamil விழுப்புரம் (viḻuppuram).

Villupuram (alternative)
Vizhuppuram (alternative)


Vatakara

Borrowed from Malayalam വടകര (vaṭakara).

Vadakara (alternative)
Badagara (alternative)


Mormugao

A port city in South Goa district, Goa, India.


Margao

Borrowed from Portuguese Margão, from Konkani मडगांव (maḍgāuva).


Nagercoil

Borrowed from Tamil நாகர்கோவில் (nākarkōvil).


Eluru

A city and district of Andhra Pradesh, India.


Karwar

Borrowed from Kannada ಕಾರವಾರ (kāravāra).

A city in Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, India.


Jamshedpur

A city in the state of Jharkhand, India.


Bhararisain

Borrowed from Hindi भराड़ीसैंण (bharāṛīsa͠iṇ).

The summer capital of Uttarakhand, India.


Gorakhpur

Borrowed from Hindi गोरखपुर (gorakhpur).


Lalitpur

A city and district of Jhansi division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Noida

From the acronym of New Okhla Industrial Development Authority.


Farrukhabad

A city in Farrukhabad district, Kanpur division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Toda

Clipping of Todaraisingh: a city and municipality of Kekri district, Rajasthan, India.


Shoranur

Borrowed from Malayalam ഷൊർണൂർ (ṣoṟṇūṟ).

A city in Palakkad district, Kerala, India.


Malappuram

Borrowed from Malayalam മലപ്പുറം (malappuṟaṁ).


Mughalsarai

A city in Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Jamalpur

Various places in India, including:
A city in Bihar.


Sambalpur

Borrowed from Odia ସମ୍ବଲପୁର (sambalapura).


Surendranagar

Borrowed from Gujarati સુરેન્દ્રનગર (surendranagar).

સુરેન્દ્રનગર


Chaupala

Former name of Moradabad: a city in Uttar Pradesh, India.


Kannauj

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ken-der.
Sanskrit कन्य (kanya)
Sanskrit कुब्ज (kubja)
Sanskrit कन्यकुब्ज (kanyakubja)
Prakrit 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚 (kaṇṇaüjja)
Hindi कन्नौज (kannauj)bor.
English Kannauj
Borrowed from Hindi कन्नौज (kannauj).

etymon

Kanauj (alternative)
Kannoj (alternative)
Cannodge (alternative)

A city and district of Kanpur division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Karnavati

Transliteration of Gujarati કર્ણાવતી (karṇāvatī).

translit

Former name of Ahmedabad: the largest city in Gujarat, India.

કર્ણાવતી

historical name for Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India


Rishikesh

While I've gazed at the sky from my sleeping bag on isolated mountaintops in Montana and southern beaches of Mexico and seen a jazillion stars basking in the peace of the evening, only in Rishikesh do the jazillion merge upon another bajillion jazillion and seem to lay overhead thick as glittering ceiling tiles.

2016, Claire Krulikowski, Moonlight on the Ganga:


A'bad

Contraction of Ahmedabad. The apostrophe character ' separating the first letter of the unabbreviated spelling from the Persian placename suffix -abad with the elision of the initial vowel letter.
Compare H’bad.

Income-tax Circles, Wards & Districts
Circle, I, A’bad.
Circle-III, A’bad.

1980, Direct Tax Bulletin, volume XIX, number 1, Directorate of Inspection, page 95:

2025 January 2, Sonali Mistry, “A’bad Runs Out Of ‘12 Grapes Of Luck’”, in Ahmedabad Mirror, archived from the original on 2025-01-03:

Abbreviation of Ahmedabad: a city in Gujarat, India.


H'bad

Contraction of Hyderabad. The apostrophe character ' separating the first letter of the unabbreviated spelling from the Persian placename suffix -abad with the elision of the initial vowel letter.
Compare A’bad.

AFSUR-UL-MULK, Afsur-ud-Dowlat, Afsur Jung, Mirza Mohamed Beg, Khan Bahadur, Nawab, Lie. Col.; K.C.I.E.; er.; C.I.E. 1897; M. Hon. A.D.C. to Nizam of Hyder. Commander the Nizam’s Regular Force, b. Aurangabad (Deccan): o.s. of late Vilayet Ali Beg, Ressaldar 3rd Lancers H’bad contingent

1920, Who's Who (UK), volume 72, number 1, A & C Black, page 30:

[An] unfortunate development in Indian newspapers is the abbreviation of the names of cities and states to meet headline requirements. Thus, ‘Maharashtra’ has become ‘M’rashtra’ and ‘Hyderabad’ has become ‘H’bad’. A good headline writer must avoid short cuts in writing headlines.

2006, Sunil Saxena, Headline Writing, Sage Publications India Pvt Ltd, →ISBN, page 179:

Abbreviation of Hyderabad: a city in Telangana, India.


Todaraisingh

A city and municipality of Kekri district, Rajasthan, India.


Tirupati

Borrowed from Telugu తిరుపతి (tirupati).

A city and district of Andhra Pradesh, India, famous for its religious and cultural heritage and historic temples.


Kasganj

A city and district of Aligarh division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Mahoba

A city and district of Chitrakoot division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Mainpuri

A city and district of Agra division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Pilibhit

A city and district of Bareilly division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Pratapgarh

A city and district of Prayagraj division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Raebareli

A city and district of Lucknow division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Rampur

A city and district of Moradabad division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Bhadohi

A city and district of Mirzapur division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Shamli

A city and district of Saharanpur division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Siddharthnagar

A city and district of Basti division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Sultanpur

A city and district of Ayodhya division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Amroha

A city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.


Auraiya

A city and district of Kanpur division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Baghpat

A city and district of Meerut division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Bahraich

A city and district of Devipatan division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Ballia

A city and district of Azamgarh division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Deoria

A city and district of Gorakhpur division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Etah

A city and district of Aligarh division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Ghazipur

A city and district of Varanasi division, Uttar Pradesh, India.


Rajgir

A city in Nalanda district, Bihar, India.


Bangawhore

Blend of Bangalore + whore, or from bang + a + whore, due to the phonetic resemblance to Bangalore.

I've been offered 150%+ raise by Bangawhòre and Slumbai-based companies.

Almost all the institutions of value in Bangawhore has been built by outsiders: ISRO HAL DRDO BEL BHEL BEML, Wipro to recent MNCs and startups.

We tamilans were the main source for developing bangalore from a tinpot tiny village to a city , We TN guys run bangawhore on the field and off the field 😂

Dude that's why people come to mumbai and pune we are more welcoming than you bangawhore peeps

I applied under Primander Jeet Punjabiya, 23 y/o, PhD in Cyber Engineering from the University of Bangawhore.

It's always goddamn Bangawhore where this grindmaxxing happens

Even 60 LPA is poverty wages in a place like bangawhore let alone 30 LPA

(derogatory) Derogatory name for Bangalore: a major city, the capital of Karnataka, India.