कोलकाता

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कोलकाता • (kolkātā) n

mr-proper noun

कोलकाता • (kolkātā) n

Kolkata (the capital city of West Bengal, India)


हैदराबाद

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हैदराबाद • (haidrābād) n

mr-proper noun

हैदराबाद • (haidrābād) n

haidrābād (romanization)
हैद्राबाद (alternative)

Ultimately from हैदर (haidar, “lion; name of Ali, son-in-law of Mohammed”) + -आबाद (-ābād, “placename suffix”).

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Hyderabad (the capital and largest city of Telangana, India, and de-jure capital of Andhra Pradesh)


दिल्ली

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दिल्ली • (dillī) ?

mr-proper noun

दिल्ली • (dillī) ?

Delhi (a megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi)


कान

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कान • (kān) ?

mr-proper noun

कान • (kān) ?

mr:कान
mr:कान, फ्रान्स

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur#English

Cannes (a city in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)


मुंबई

mumbaī (romanization)
मुंबई
Locative Note: -त  is a postposition.

mr-decl-noun

मुंबई

→ Assamese: মুম্বাই (mumbai)

→ Bengali: মুম্বাই (mumbai)

→ English: Mumbai

→ Gujarati: મુંબઈ (mumbaī)

→ Hindustani: mumbaī

Hindi: मुंबई

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Urdu: مُمْبَئِی

Urdu: مُمْبَئِی

→ Japanese: ムンバイ

→ Kannada: ಮುಂಬೈ (mumbai)

→ Korean: 뭄바이 (mumbai)

→ Malayalam: മുംബൈ (mumbai)

→ Punjabi:

Gurmukhi script: ਮੁੰਬਈ (mumbaī)

Shahmukhi script: مُمبَئی (mumba'ī)

→ Tamil: மும்பை (mumpai)

→ Telugu: ముంబై (mumbai)

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

compound

Mumbai (a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India)


चेन्नई

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चेन्नई • (cennaī) n

mr-proper noun

चेन्नई • (cennaī) n

cennaī (romanization)
चेन्नै (alternative)

Chennai (the capital city of Tamil Nadu, India)


अमरावती

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अमरावती • (amrāvatī) f

mr-proper noun

अमरावती • (amrāvatī) f

From an earlier उमरावती (umrāvtī), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀉𑀁𑀩𑀭𑀸𑀯𑀢𑀻 (uṃbarāvatī), from Sanskrit उदुम्बरावती (udumbarāvatī), औदुम्बरावती (audumbarāvatī). Influenced by अमरावती (amarāvatī, “abode of immortals”).

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Amravati, Oomrawutty (a city in Vidarbha, Maharashtra, India)


अमरावती

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अमरावती • (amrāvatī) f

mr-proper noun

अमरावती • (amrāvatī) f

Borrowed from Sanskrit अमरावती (amarāvatī) and Telugu అమరావతి (amarāvati).

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अमरावती, आंध्र प्रदेश

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Amaravati, Amaravathi (a city, the state capital of Andhra Pradesh, India)


अहमदाबाद

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अहमदाबाद • (ahmadābād) n

mr-proper noun

अहमदाबाद • (ahmadābād) n

Ultimately from अहमद (ahmad, “Ahmad Shah I”) + -आबाद (-ābād, “placename suffix”). Compare Gujarati અમદાવાદ (amadāvād).

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Ahmedabad (the largest city in Gujarat, India)


औरंगाबाद

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औरंगाबाद • (auraṅgābād) m

mr-proper noun

औरंगाबाद • (auraṅgābād) m

Borrowed from Hindi औरंगाबाद (auraṅgābād) / Urdu اورنگ آباد (auraṅgābād).

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mr:औरंगाबाद (निःसंदिग्धीकरण)

Aurangabad (a city in Maharashtra, India)

Aurangabad (a city in Bihar, India)
a district of Bihar, India

a Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar, India


हस्तिनापुर

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हस्तिनापुर • (hastināpur) m

mr-proper noun

हस्तिनापुर • (hastināpur) m

hastināpur (romanization)
हस्तिनापुर
हस्तिनापुरा
हस्तिनापुरां-
हस्तिनापुराला
हस्तिनापुरांना
हस्तिनापुराने (ergative)
हस्तिनापुरानं (ergative)
हस्तिनापुरांनी (ergative)
हस्तिनापुराशी (instrumental)
हस्तिनापुरांशी (instrumental)
Locative Note: -त  is a postposition.
हस्तिनापुराचा
हस्तिनापुराचे
हस्तिनापुराची
हस्तिनापुराच्या
हस्तिनापुराचं
हस्तिनापुरांचा
हस्तिनापुरांचे
हस्तिनापुरांची
हस्तिनापुरांच्या
हस्तिनापुरांचं
हस्तिनापुरांच्या

mr-decl-noun

masc cons-stem

mr-decl-noun/link

हस्तिनापुरां-

हस्तिनापुराला

हस्तिनापुरांना

हस्तिनापुराने

हस्तिनापुरानं

हस्तिनापुरांनी

हस्तिनापुराशी

हस्तिनापुरांशी

हस्तिनापुरात

हस्तिनापुरांत

हस्तिनापुरांनो

हस्तिनापुराचा

हस्तिनापुराचे

हस्तिनापुराची

हस्तिनापुराच्या

हस्तिनापुराचे

हस्तिनापुराचं

हस्तिनापुराची

हस्तिनापुराच्या

हस्तिनापुरांचा

हस्तिनापुरांचे

हस्तिनापुरांची

हस्तिनापुरांच्या

हस्तिनापुरांचे

हस्तिनापुरांचं

हस्तिनापुरांची

हस्तिनापुरांच्या

Borrowed from Sanskrit हस्तिनापुर (hastināpura). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘮𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘲𑘡𑘰𑘢𑘳𑘨 (hastīnāpura).

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Hastinapura (a city in Uttar Pradesh, India)


तिरुवनंतपुरम

Borrowed from Malayalam തിരുവനന്തപുരം (tiruvanantapuraṁ).

തിരുവനന്തപുരം

Thiruvananthapuram (a city in Kerala, India)


पोर्ट ब्लेयर

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पोर्ट ब्लेयर • (porṭa bleyar) n

Borrowed from English Port Blair, named after Archibald Blair.

Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andaman and Nicobar Islands#English

Port Blair (the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India)


लखनऊ

Lucknow (the state capital of Uttar Pradesh, India)


पणजी

पणजी • (paṇjī) n

mr-proper noun

पणजी • (paṇjī) n

Panaji (a city, the state capital of Goa, India)


पुणे

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पुणे • (puṇe) n

mr-proper noun

पुणे • (puṇe) n

puṇe (romanization)
पूना (alternative dated)

Pune (a major city and district of Maharashtra, India)


कोची

head

कोची • (kocī) n

mr-proper noun

कोची • (kocī) n


जाग्रेब

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जाग्रेब • (jāgreb)

Zagreb (the capital and largest city of Croatia)


नागपूर

नागपूर • (nāgpūr) n

mr-proper noun

नागपूर • (nāgpūr) n

From नाग (nāg) + पूर (pūr). Compare Hindi नागपुर (nāgpur).

Nagpur (a large city, the winter capital of Maharashtra, India)


रावळपिंडी

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रावळपिंडी • (rāvaḷpiṇḍī) n

mr-proper noun

रावळपिंडी • (rāvaḷpiṇḍī) n

Borrowed from Punjabi ਰਾਵਲਪਿੰਡੀ (rāvlapiṇḍī) / راولپنڈی (rāwalpiṇḍī). Compare Hindi रावलपिंडी (rāvalpiṇḍī).

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Hindi रावलपिंडी (rāvalpiṇḍī)

mr:रावळपिंडी


भोपाळ

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भोपाळ • (bhopāḷ) ?

mr-proper noun

भोपाळ • (bhopāḷ) ?

Bhopal (a city, the state capital of Madhya Pradesh, India)


कराची

head

कराची • (karācī) ?

mr-proper noun

कराची • (karācī) ?

Karachi (a city, the provincial capital of Sindh, Pakistan)


ठाणे

head

ठाणे • (ṭhāṇe) n

mr-proper noun

ठाणे • (ṭhāṇe) n

→ English: Thane

→ Hindustani: ṭhāṇe

Hindi: ठाणे

Urdu: ٹَھانے (ṭhāne)

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘙𑘜𑘹𑘽 (ṭhaṇeṃ), from Prakrit 𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀕 (ṭhāṇaga), from Sanskrit स्थानक (sthānaka). Compare Hindustani تَھانَا (thānā) / थाना (thānā), Nepali ठाउँ (ṭhāũ).

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Thane (a large city and district of Maharashtra, India)


नाशिक

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नाशिक • (nāśik) f

mr-proper noun

नाशिक • (nāśik) f

From Sanskrit नासिका (nāsikā, “nose”), a reference to Lakshmana cutting Shurpanakha's nose in the Ramayana. Compare Hindi नासिक (nāsik).

Nashik, Nasik (a city in Maharashtra, India)


सव्हाना

head

सव्हाना • (savhānā) ?

mr-proper noun

सव्हाना • (savhānā) ?

Borrowed from English Savannah. Compare Hindi सवाना (savānā).

Savannah (a city in Georgia, United States)


तक्षशिला

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तक्षशिला • (takṣaśilā) f

mr-proper noun

तक्षशिला • (takṣaśilā) f

Borrowed from Sanskrit तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā).

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Taxila (a modern city in Rawalpindi district, Punjab, Pakistan)


पॅरिस

head

पॅरिस • (pĕris) ?

mr-proper noun

पॅरिस • (pĕris) ?

Borrowed from English Paris. Compare Hindi पेरिस (peris), Bengali প্যারিস (pêriś).

Paris (the capital and largest city of France)


वाडी

head

वाडी • (vāḍī) f

mr-proper noun

वाडी • (vāḍī) f

mr:वाडी (नि:संदिग्धीकरण)
mr:वाडी, कर्नाटक

Inherited from Old Marathi वाडें (vāḍeṃ), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀟 (vāḍa), from Sanskrit वाट (vāṭa). Doublet of वाडा (vāḍā).

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Wadi, Karnataka (a city in Karnataka, India)


उस्मानाबाद

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उस्मानाबाद • (usmānābād) m

mr-proper noun

उस्मानाबाद • (usmānābād) m

Borrowed from Hindi उस्मानाबाद (usmānābād) / Urdu عثمان آباد (usmānābād).

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Urdu عثمان آباد (usmānābād)

mr:उस्मानाबाद

Osmanabad, Usmanabad (a city in Marathwada, Maharashtra, India)


कोल्हापूर

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कोल्हापूर • (kolhāpūr) n

mr-proper noun

कोल्हापूर • (kolhāpūr) n

Renaming of करवीर (karvīr) to कोल्हा (kolhā, “Kolhasur”) + पूर (pūr) according to the Karveer Mahatmya.

Kolhapur, Colapore (a city in Maharashtra, India)


सोलापूर

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सोलापूर • (solāpūr) n

mr-proper noun

सोलापूर • (solāpūr) n

From सोळा (soḷā, “sixteen”) + पूर (pūr).


शिर्डी

head

शिर्डी • (śirḍī) f

mr-proper noun

शिर्डी • (śirḍī) f

Inherited from Apabhramsa शिलधी (śildhī) or borrowed from Tamil சீரடி (cīraṭi), from சீர் (cīr) + அடி (aṭi).

compound

சீர் (cīr) + அடி (aṭi)


लातूर

head

लातूर • (lātūr) n

mr-proper noun

लातूर • (lātūr) n

Borrowed from Old Kannada ಲಟ್ಟಲೂರು (laṭṭalūru).

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Latur, Lattaluru (a city in Marathwada, Maharashtra, India)


अहमदनगर

/əɦ.məd̪.nə.ɡəɾ/

From अहमद (ahmad, “Malik Ahmad Nizam Shah I”) + नगर (nagar).

compound

Ahmednagar (a city in Maharashtra, India)


नवी दिल्ली

head

नवी दिल्ली • (navī dillī) f

mr-proper noun

नवी दिल्ली • (navī dillī) f

New Delhi (a city, the capital city of India)

mr:नवी दिल्ली


टोकियो

head

टोकियो • (ṭokiyo) n

mr-proper noun

टोकियो • (ṭokiyo) n

ṭokiyo (romanization)
टोक्यो (alternative)
तोक्यो (alternative)

Borrowed from Japanese 東京, probably via English Tokyo.

Tokyo (a prefecture, the capital city of Japan)


उल्हासनगर

उ ल्हास न गर

From उल्हास (ulhās, “joy”, Ulhas River) + नगर (nagar).

compound

Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Mumbai Metropolitan Region#English

Ulhasnagar (a city in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Maharashtra, India)


नवी मुंबई

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नवी मुंबई • (navī mumbaī) f

mr-proper noun

नवी मुंबई • (navī mumbaī) f

→ English: Navi Mumbai

From नवी (navī, “new (f.)”) + मुंबई (mumbaī, “Mumbai”).

compound

Navi Mumbai (a city in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Maharashtra, India)

mr:नवी मुंबई


तिरुचिरापल्ली

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तिरुचिरापल्ली • (tirucirāpallī) n

mr-proper noun

तिरुचिरापल्ली • (tirucirāpallī) n

Borrowed from Tamil திருச்சிராப்பள்ளி (tiruccirāppaḷḷi).

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திருச்சிராப்பள்ளி

Tiruchirappalli, Tiruchi, Trichinopoly (a city in Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu, India)


ल्हासा

head

ल्हासा • (lhāsā) ?

mr-proper noun

ल्हासा • (lhāsā) ?

Borrowed from Tibetan ལྷ་ས (lha sa), from Old Tibetan ར་ས (ra sa).

Lhasa (a city, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China)


योकोहामा

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योकोहामा • (yokohāmā) ?

mr-proper noun

योकोहामा • (yokohāmā) ?

Borrowed from Japanese 横浜 (よこはま, Yokohama).

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Yokohama (the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)


पिंपरी-चिंचवड

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पिंपरी-चिंचवड • (pimprī-cinċvaḍ) ?

mr-proper noun

पिंपरी-चिंचवड • (pimprī-cinċvaḍ) ?

From पिंपरी (pimprī) + चिचवड (cinċvaḍ), suburbs of Pune.

Pimpri-Chinchwad (a large city in Pune district, Maharashtra, India)

mr:पिंपरी चिंचवड


भावनगर

Borrowed from Gujarati ભાવનગર (bhāvnagar).

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Bhavnagar, Bhaunagar (a city in Saurashtra, Gujarat, India)


इंदूर

head

इंदूर • (indūr) ?

mr-proper noun

इंदूर • (indūr) ?

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀇𑀁𑀤𑁅𑀭 (*iṃdaura), *𑀇𑀁𑀤𑀯𑀼𑀭 (*iṃdavura), 𑀇𑀁𑀤𑀧𑀼𑀭 (iṃdapura), from Sanskrit इन्द्रपुर (indrapura). Cognate with Hindustani اِنْدَور / इंदौर (indaur).

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Indore (the largest city in Malwa, Madhya Pradesh, India)


साओ पाउलो

head

साओ पाउलो • (sāo pāulo) ?

mr-proper noun

साओ पाउलो • (sāo pāulo) ?

sāo pāulo (romanization)
सावो पावलो (alternative)

Borrowed from English São Paulo, from Portuguese São Paulo, from são (“saint”) + Paulo (“Paul”), named after Saint Paul.

São Paulo (a municipality, the state capital of São Paulo, Brazil)


ग्वाल्हेर

head

ग्वाल्हेर • (gvālher) ?

mr-proper noun

ग्वाल्हेर • (gvālher) ?

A legend suggests that it was named after Gwalipa by its founder, Suraj Sen. Compare Hindi ग्वालियर (gvāliyar), Assamese গুৱালিয়ৰ (gualir).

Gwalior (a city in Madhya Pradesh, India)


झाशी

head

झाशी • (jhāśī) f

mr-noun

झाशी • (jhāśī) f

Jhansi (a city in Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh, India)


लखनौ

Compare Hindi लखनऊ (lakhnaū), Telugu లక్నో (laknō), Sanskrit लक्ष्मणपुर (lakṣmaṇapura).

Lucknow (the state capital of Uttar Pradesh, India)


गाझियाबाद

head

गाझियाबाद • (gājhiyābād) ?

mr-proper noun

गाझियाबाद • (gājhiyābād) ?

Borrowed from Hindi ग़ाज़ियाबाद (ġāziyābād) / Urdu غازی آباد (ġāzī ābād).

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Urdu غازی آباد (ġāzī ābād)

National Capital Region
National Capital Region#English

Ghaziabad (a city in the National Capital Region, Uttar Pradesh, India)


चित्तूर

head

चित्तूर • (cittūr) n

mr-proper noun

चित्तूर • (cittūr) n

Chittoor (a city in Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh, India)


लाहोर

head

लाहोर • (lāhor) ?

mr-proper noun

लाहोर • (lāhor) ?

The origin is disputed. One theory, a legend, claims it to be from inherited from Sanskrit लव (lava, “Lava”) + पुर (pura, “fortress; city”), literally “city of Lava”. Compare Punjabi لَہَوْر (lahaur) / ਲਹੌਰ (lahaur), Gujarati લાહોર (lāhor), Hindi लाहौर (lāhaur), Bengali লাহোর (lahōr), Kannada ಲಾಹೋರ್ (lāhōr), ลพบุรี (lóp-bù-rii, “Lopburi”, city in Thailand). More at Etymology of Lahore

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The origin is disputed

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Lahore (a city, the provincial capital of Punjab, Pakistan)

Etymology of Lahore
Lava (Ramayana)
mr:लाहोर


आग्रा

head

आग्रा • (āgrā) ?

mr-proper noun

आग्रा • (āgrā) ?

Compare Gujarati આગ્રા (āgrā), Kannada ಆಗ್ರಾ (āgrā), Hindi आगरा (āgrā), Telugu ఆగ్రా (āgrā), Punjabi ਆਗਰਾ (āgarā) / آگرا (āgrā), Bengali আগ্রা (agra).

Agra (a city in Braj, Uttar Pradesh, India)


मडगाव

head

मडगाव • (maḍgāv) n

mr-proper noun

मडगाव • (maḍgāv) n

Borrowed from Konkani मडगांव (maḍgāuva) (see there for more) with the expected loss of the phonemic nasalisation in the second vowel.
More information
* If the term had instead been inherited from Sanskrit मठग्राम (maṭhagrāma) through Prakrit *𑀫𑀠𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀸𑀫 (*maḍhaggāma), the second consonant may have been spelled with ढ (ḍha) as in मढ बेट.
* For other placenames ending in गाव (gāv), compare गिरगाव (girgāv, “Girgaon”) and माझगाव (māj̈hgāv) in Mumbai, लोहगाव (lohgāv) in Pune and सोनेगाव (sonegāv) in Nagpur.

mr:मडगांव
mr:मढ बेट


जयपूर

Ultimately from जय (jay, “Jai Singh II”) + पुर (pur). Compare Gujarati જયપુર (jayapur), Hindi जयपुर (jaypur).

Jaipur (the state capital of Rajasthan, India)


फरीदाबाद

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फरीदाबाद • (pharīdābād) ?

mr-proper noun

फरीदाबाद • (pharīdābād) ?

Borrowed from Hindi फ़रीदाबाद (farīdābād), from फरीद (pharīd, “Fariduddin Ganjshakar”) + -आबाद (-ābād, “placename suffix”).


कानपूर

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कानपूर • (kānpūr) ?

mr-proper noun

कानपूर • (kānpūr) ?

Compare Gujarati કાનપુર (kānpur), Hindi कानपुर (kānpur).

Kanpur (a large city in Uttar Pradesh, India)


काशी

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काशी • (kāśī) f

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काशी • (kāśī) f

kāśī (romanization)
काशी
काश्या
काश्यां-
काशीला
काश्यांना
काशीने (ergative)
काशीनं (ergative)
काश्यांनी (ergative)
काशीशी (instrumental)
काश्यांशी (instrumental)
Locative Note: -त  is a postposition.
काशीचा
काशीचे
काशीची
काशीच्या
काशीचं
काश्यांचा
काश्यांचे
काश्यांची
काश्यांच्या
काश्यांचं
काश्यांच्या

mr-decl-noun

fem ī-stem

Borrowed from Sanskrit काशी (kāśī). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘎𑘰𑘫𑘲 (kāśī).

Kashi (a city in Uttar Pradesh, India), having a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in Hinduism


एडमंटन

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एडमंटन • (eḍmaṇṭan) ?

mr-proper noun

एडमंटन • (eḍmaṇṭan) ?

Edmonton (the capital city of Alberta, Canada)


सिंगापूर

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सिंगापूर • (siṅgāpūr) n

mr-proper noun

सिंगापूर • (siṅgāpūr) n

Singapore (an island and city-state in Southeast Asia, located off the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula; a former British crown colony and state of Malaysia (1963-1965))


बंगळूर

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बंगळूर • (baṅgḷūr) n

mr-proper noun

बंगळूर • (baṅgḷūr) n

baṅgḷūr (romanization)
बंगळुरू (alternative)
बेंगळूर (alternative)

[bəŋ.ɡɭ̆uːɾ]

Bangalore, Bengaluru (a megacity, the state capital of Karnataka, India)


छत्रपती संभाजीनगर

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छत्रपती संभाजीनगर • (chatraptī sambhājīngar) ?

Named after Sambhaji Bhosale, second chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire.

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar#English

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (a city in Maharashtra, India)


धाराशिव

धाराशिव • (dhārāśiv) ?

mr-proper noun

धाराशिव • (dhārāśiv) ?

Dharashiv (a city in Maharashtra, India)


बीड

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बीड • (bīḍ) ?

mr-proper noun

बीड • (bīḍ) ?

Beed (a city in central Maharashtra, India)