Karnataka
/kəɹˈnɑːtəkə/
Karnataka proper noun: a state in southern India. Capital and largest city: Bengaluru.
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Proper noun
Karnataka
- A state in southern India. Capital and largest city: Bengaluru.
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- Synonyms:
- Mysore
Karnataka meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Karnataka in Hindi
- state in southern India
- कर्नाटक karnāṭak, कर्णाटक karṇāṭak, कर्णाट karṇāṭ, करनाटक karnāṭak
Karnataka in Tamil
- state in southern India
- கர்நாடகம் karnāṭakam
Karnataka in Marathi
- state in southern India
- कर्नाटक karnāṭak
Karnataka in Urdu
- state in southern India
- کرناٹک karnāṭak
More languagesFewer languages
- Karnataka in Bengali
- কর্ণাটক kornaṭok
- Karnataka in Telugu
- కర్ణాటక karṇāṭaka
- Karnataka in Malayalam
- കർണാടക kaṟṇāṭaka
- Karnataka in Kannada
- ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ karnāṭaka
- Karnataka in Punjabi
- کرناٹک krnāṭk, ਕਰਨਾਟਕ karnāṭak
- Karnataka in Gujarati
- કર્ણાટક karṇāṭak
- Karnataka in Odia
- କର୍ଣ୍ଣାଟକ karṇṇāṭaka
- Karnataka in Sanskrit
- कर्णाटक karṇāṭaka, कर्णाट karṇāṭa
- Karnataka in Sinhala
- කර්නාටක karnāṭaka
- Karnataka in Assamese
- কৰ্ণাটক kornatok
- Karnataka in Nepali
- कर्नाटक karnāṭak
- Karnataka in Arabic
- كَارْنَاتَاكَا kārnātākā
- Karnataka in Malay
- Karnataka
- Karnataka in Indonesian
- Karnataka
- Karnataka in Persian
- کارناتاکا
- Karnataka in Thai
- กรณาฏกะ gà-rá-naa-dtà-gà
- Karnataka in Vietnamese
- Karnataka
- Karnataka in Myanmar
- ကာနတက kana.ta.ka.
- Dhivehi
- ކަރްނާޓަކާ karnāṭakā
Synonyms of Karnataka
Origin of Karnataka
Borrowed from Kannada ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ (karnāṭaka). Though several etymologies have been suggested for the name Karnataka, the generally accepted one is that Karnataka is derived from Kannada ಕರು (karu, “elevated”) and ನಾಡು (nāḍu, “land”). ಕರುನಾಡು (karunāḍu) may also be read as "black region", as a reference to the black soil found in the Bayalu Seeme region of the state.
Questions about Karnataka
- What does Karnataka mean?
- Karnataka means a state in southern India. Capital and largest city: Bengaluru.
- What is Karnataka in Hindi?
- Karnataka in Hindi is कर्नाटक (karnāṭak), कर्णाटक (karṇāṭak), कर्णाट (karṇāṭ). See Karnataka meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Karnataka?
- Karnataka is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Karnataka?
- Karnataka is pronounced /kəɹˈnɑːtəkə/.
Words near Karnataka in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Karnataka (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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