"Chandni Chowk" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Transliteration of Hindustani چانْدنِی چَوک (cāndnī cauk) / चाँदनी चौक (cā̃dnī cauk). Etymology templates: {{wp}}, {{translit|en|inc-hnd}} Transliteration of Hindustani Head templates: {{en-prop|nolinkhead=1}} Chandni Chowk
  1. A suburb of Central Delhi district, Delhi, India. Categories (place): Places in Delhi, Places in India, Suburbs in Delhi Derived forms: CC2C (english: abbreviation of the Hindi film Chandni Chowk to China) Translations (suburb of Delhi): चाँदनी चौक (cā̃dnī cauk) [masculine] (Hindi), چانْدنِی چَوک (cāndnī cauk) [masculine] (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-Chandni_Chowk-en-name-pw-C52sQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Urdu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 35 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 33 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 35 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali চাঁদনি চক (cãdni cok). Etymology templates: {{wp|Chandni Chowk, Kolkata}}, {{xlit|bn|চাঁদ্নি চক}} cãdni cok, {{translit|en|bn|চাঁদনি চক|tr=cãdni cok}} Transliteration of Bengali চাঁদনি চক (cãdni cok) Head templates: {{en-prop|nolinkhead=1}} Chandni Chowk
  1. A northern suburb of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Categories (place): Places in India, Places in Kolkata, Places in West Bengal, Suburbs in West Bengal
    Sense id: en-Chandni_Chowk-en-name-TUS0AS~p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 35 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 33 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 35 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

Etymology: Transliteration of Marathi चांदणी चौक (ċāndaṇī ċauk). Etymology templates: {{xlit|mr|च़ांदअणी च़ौक}} ċāndaṇī ċauk, {{translit|en|mr|चांदणी चौक|tr=ċāndaṇī ċauk}} Transliteration of Marathi चांदणी चौक (ċāndaṇī ċauk) Head templates: {{en-prop|nolinkhead=1}} Chandni Chowk
  1. A western suburb of Pune, Maharashtra, India. Categories (place): Places in India, Places in Maharashtra, Places in Pune, Suburbs in Maharashtra
    Sense id: en-Chandni_Chowk-en-name-op-2QPc9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 35 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 36 33 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 35 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.