"Haridwar" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Hardwar [alternative, archaic]
Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi हरिद्वार (haridvār), in turn borrowed from Sanskrit हरिद्वार (haridvāra), from हरि (hari, “Hari”) + द्वार (dvāra, “gateway, door”) Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|sa}}, {{translit|en|hi|हरिद्वार}} Transliteration of Hindi हरिद्वार (haridvār), {{bor+|en|sa|हरिद्वार|nocap=1}} borrowed from Sanskrit हरिद्वार (haridvāra), {{com|sa|हरि|द्वार|t1=Hari|t2=gateway, door}} हरि (hari, “Hari”) + द्वार (dvāra, “gateway, door”) Head templates: {{en-prop}} Haridwar
  1. A city and municipality of Haridwar district, Uttarakhand, India. Categories (place): Cities in India, Cities in Uttarakhand, India, Municipalities of India, Places in India, Places in Uttarakhand, India
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  2. A district of Uttarakhand, India. Categories (place): Districts of Uttarakhand, India, Places in India, Places in Uttarakhand, India, Places in Uttarakhand, India
    Sense id: en-Haridwar-en-name-Qig3h5X5 Disambiguation of Places in Uttarakhand, India: 36 64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Odia translations, Terms with Urdu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Odia translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (city in India): হরিদ্বার (horiddar) (Bengali), हरिद्वार (haridvār) [masculine] (Hindi), ହରିଦ୍ବାର (haridbāra) (Odia), ہری دوار (harī duvār) [masculine] (Urdu)
Disambiguation of 'city in India': 50 50
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