Meghalaya

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit मेघालय (meghālaya); मेघ (megha, “cloud”) + आलय (ālaya, “abode”)

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /meɪɡˈɑːləjə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌmeɪɡəˈleɪə/

Proper noun

Meghalaya

State in north-eastern India which has Shillong as its capital.

Synonyms

(nickname by British imperialist authorities) Scotland of the east

Translations

state

Arabic: مِيغَالَايَا‎‎ f (miḡalāyā)
Armenian: Մեգհալայա (Meghalaya)
Assamese: মেঘালয় (meghaloy)
Bengali: মেঘালয় (meghalyô)
Burmese: မိဂါလယ (mi.gala.ya.)
Chhattisgarhi: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 梅加拉亞邦, 梅加拉亚邦 (Méijiālāyà-bāng)
Dhivehi: މެގަލާޔާ‎‎ (megalāyā)
Esperanto: Meghalajo
Finnish: Meghalaya
Georgian: მეგჰალაია (meghalaia)
Greek: Μεγκαλάγια (el) f (Megkalágia)
Gujarati: મેઘાલય (mēghālaya)
Hebrew: מגהלאיה‎‎
Hindi: मेघालय (hi) (mēghālaya)
Hungarian: Meghálaja (hu)
Japanese: メーガーラヤ州 (Mēgāraya-shū), メーガーラヤ (Mēgāraya)
Kannada: ಮೆಘಾಲಯ (meghālaya)
Khmer: មេឃាល័យ (meikʰielɔya)
Korean: 메갈라야 주 (megallaya ju), 메갈라야 (megallaya)

Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latvian: Meghālaja
Lithuanian: Meghalaja
Malayalam: മേഘാലയ (mēghālaya)
Marathi: मेघालय (meghālay)
Mizo: please add this translation if you can
Oriya: ମେଘାଳୟ (mēghāḷaẏa)
Persian: مگالایا‎‎
Portuguese: Meghalaya
Punjabi: ਮੇਘਾਲਿਆ (mēghāliā)
Russian: Мегхала́я (ru) (Megxalája)
Sanskrit: मेघालयराज्यम् (meghālayarājyam)
Santali: please add this translation if you can
Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: Megalaya
Tamil: மேகாலயா (ta) (mēkālayā)
Telugu: మేఘాలయ (te) (mēghālaya)
Thai: รัฐเมฆาลัย (rát maykaalai)
Urdu: میگھالیہ‎‎

See also

(states of India) state of India; Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

Portuguese

Proper noun

Meghalaya

Meghalaya (a state in northeastern India)

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