Kathmandu
/ˌkæt.mænˈduː/US/ˌkæt.mænˈdu/
Kathmandu proper noun: the capital city of Nepal.
Proper noun
Kathmandu
- The capital city of Nepal.
- Nepal’s new road connecting the Everest region to Kathmandu promises to transform travel and commerce, fueling hopes for economic growth while raising environmental concerns.2025 January 19, Sangam Prasain, “Road to Everest: Nepal opens new link to the top of the world”, in EFE, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2025
- The Nepalese government.
Kathmandu meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Kathmandu in Hindi
- capital city of Nepal
- काठमांडू kāṭhmāṇḍū
Kathmandu in Tamil
- capital city of Nepal
- காட்மாண்டூ kāṭmāṇṭū
Kathmandu in Marathi
- capital city of Nepal
- काठमांडू kāṭhmāṇḍū
Kathmandu in Urdu
- capital city of Nepal
- کاٹھمانڈو kāṭhmāṇḍū
More languagesFewer languages
- Kathmandu in Bengali
- কাঠমান্ডু kaṭhomanḍu
- Kathmandu in Telugu
- కాఠ్మండు kāṭhmaṇḍu, కాష్ఠమండపము kāṣṭhamaṇḍapamu
- Kathmandu in Malayalam
- കാഠ്മാണ്ഡു kāṭhmāṇḍu
- Kathmandu in Kannada
- ಕಠ್ಮಂಡು kaṭhmaṇḍu
- Kathmandu in Punjabi
- ਕਠਮੰਡੂ kaṭhmaṇḍū
- Kathmandu in Gujarati
- ખટમંડુ khaṭmaṇḍu, કાઠમાંડુ kāṭhmā̃ḍu
- Kathmandu in Sinhala
- කත්මන්ඩු katmanḍu
- Kathmandu in Assamese
- কাঠমাণ্ডু kathomandu
- Kathmandu in Nepali
- काठमाडौं kāṭhmāḍa͠u
- Kathmandu in Pashto
- کاتماندو
- Kathmandu in Tagalog
- Katmandu
- Kathmandu in Arabic
- كَاثْمَانْدُو kaṯmandū
- Kathmandu in Malay
- Kathmandu
- Kathmandu in Indonesian
- Kathmandu
- Kathmandu in Persian
- کاتماندو kâtmându
- Kathmandu in Thai
- กาฐมาณฑุ gàat-maan-dù
- Kathmandu in Vietnamese
- Cát-man-đu
- Kathmandu in Myanmar
- ခတ္တမန္ဒုမြို့ hkatta.mandu.mrui.
Forms of Kathmandu
| alternative form | Katmandu |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Káthmándú |
Origin of Kathmandu
From Nepali काठमाडौं (kāṭhmāḍa͠u), from Sanskrit काष्ठमण्डप (kāṣṭhamaṇḍapa), from काष्ठ (kāṣṭha, “wood”) + मण्डप (maṇḍapa, “pavilion”).
Words formed from Kathmandu
Words that rhyme with Kathmandu
Questions about Kathmandu
- What does Kathmandu mean?
- Kathmandu means the capital city of Nepal.
- What is Kathmandu in Hindi?
- Kathmandu in Hindi is काठमांडू (kāṭhmāṇḍū). See Kathmandu meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Kathmandu?
- Kathmandu is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Kathmandu?
- Kathmandu is pronounced /ˌkæt.mænˈduː/ (UK).
Words near Kathmandu in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Kathmandu (page history and authors); কাঠমাণ্ডু (Assamese) (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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