Uttarakhand

English

Etymology

from the Sanskrit words uttara (उत्तर) meaning 'north' and khaṇḍa (खण्ड), 'land'

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌʊtəˈɹɑːkʌnd/

Proper noun

Uttarakhand

A state in northern India with Dehradun as its interim capital

Synonyms

(former name) Uttaranchal
(nickname) Devbhumi (literally: "Land of the Gods") (due to the many Hindu temples and pilgrimage centres found throughout the state.)

Translations

state in India

Arabic: أُوتَارَاخَنْد‎‎ m (ʾUtārāḵand)
Armenian: Ուտտարաքանդ (Uttarakʿand)
Bengali: উত্তরাখণ্ড (Uttôrakhônḑ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 北阿坎德邦 (Běi-Ākǎndé-bāng)
Dhivehi: އުއްތަރުކަންދު‎‎ (utarukandu)
Finnish: Uttarakhand
Georgian: უტარაკჰანდი (uṭaraḳhandi)
Greek: Ουταράχαντ (el) (Outaráchant)
Gujarati: ઉત્તરાખંડ (uttarākhaṇḍ)
Hebrew: אוטראקהאנד‎‎
Hindi: उत्तराखण्ड (hi) (uttarākhaṇḍ)
Hungarian: Uttarakhand (hu)

Japanese: ウッタラーカンド (Uttarākando)
Kannada: ಉತ್ತರಾಖಂಡ (kn) (uttarākhaṇḍa)
Korean: 우타라칸드 (Utarakandeu)
Latvian: Utarakhanda
Lithuanian: Utarakhandas
Malayalam: ഉത്തരാഖണ്ഡ് (uttarākhaṇḍŭ)
Marathi: उत्तराखंड (uttarākhaṇḍ)
Oriya: ଉତ୍ତରାଖଣ୍ଡ (Uttarākhaṇḍ)
Portuguese: Uttarakhand m
Punjabi: ਉੱਤਰਖੰਡ (Utarakhaḍ)
Russian: Уттаракха́нд (ru) m (Uttarakxánd)
Tamil: உத்தராகண்டம் (uttarākaṇṭam)
Telugu: ఉత్తరాఖండ్ (uttarākhaṇḍ)

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

Uttarakhand m

(rare) Uttarakhand (a state of India)

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