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H'bad

H'bad is the abbreviation of Hyderabad.

Meaning of Hyderabad

Proper noun

Hyderabad

  1. The capital and largest city of Telangana, India.
  2. A district of Telangana, India.
  3. A former state, landlocked in south-central India, which was ruled from 1724 until 1948 by a line of nizams.
    • At Indian partition in 1947, the nizam chose to resume Hyderabad's independent status, but India invaded the state (1948) and took control.2008, Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 916
  4. A city in Sindh, Pakistan.

Origin of H'bad

Contraction of Hyderabad. The apostrophe character ' separating the first letter of the unabbreviated spelling from the Persian placename suffix -abad with the elision of the initial vowel letter. Compare A’bad.

Questions about H'bad

What is H'bad the abbreviation of?
H'bad is the abbreviation of Hyderabad.

Words near H'bad in the dictionary

  1. H&K
  2. H&L
  3. H&NC
  4. H&P
  5. H&Ps
  6. H'bad
  7. h'dq'rs
  8. h'lo
  9. h'm
  10. h'on
  11. h's

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