Meghalaya
UK/meɪˈɡɑːləjə//ˌmeɪɡəˈleɪə/
Meghalaya proper noun: a state in northeastern India. Capital: Shillong.
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Proper noun
Meghalaya
- A state in northeastern India. Capital: Shillong.
- Synonyms:
- Scotland of the East
Meghalaya meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Meghalaya in Hindi
- state in northeastern India
- मेघालय meghālay
Meghalaya in Tamil
- state in northeastern India
- மேகாலயா mēkālayā
Meghalaya in Marathi
- state in northeastern India
- मेघालय meghālay
Meghalaya in Urdu
- state in northeastern India
- میگھالیہ meghāleh
More languagesFewer languages
- Meghalaya in Bengali
- মেঘালয় meghaloẏ
- Meghalaya in Telugu
- మేఘాలయ mēghālaya
- Meghalaya in Malayalam
- മേഘാലയ mēghālaya
- Meghalaya in Kannada
- ಮೆಘಾಲಯ meghālaya
- Meghalaya in Punjabi
- ਮੇਘਾਲਿਆ meghāliā
- Meghalaya in Gujarati
- મેઘાલય meghālya
- Meghalaya in Odia
- ମେଘାଳୟ meghāḷaya
- Meghalaya in Sanskrit
- मेघालयराज्यम् meghālayarājyam
- Meghalaya in Assamese
- মেঘালয় meghaloy
- Meghalaya in Arabic
- مِيغَالَايَا miḡalāyā
- Meghalaya in Persian
- مگالایا
- Meghalaya in Thai
- เมฆาลัย mee-kaa-lai
- Meghalaya in Myanmar
- မေဃာလယ meghala.ya.
- Dhivehi
- މެގަލާޔާ megalāyā
Synonyms of Meghalaya
Origin of Meghalaya
Borrowed from Sanskrit मेघालय (meghālaya, “abode of clouds”), a compound of मेघ (megha, “cloud”) + आलय (ālaya, “abode”).
Words formed from Meghalaya
Questions about Meghalaya
- What does Meghalaya mean?
- Meghalaya means a state in northeastern India. Capital: Shillong.
- What is Meghalaya in Hindi?
- Meghalaya in Hindi is मेघालय (meghālay). See Meghalaya meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Meghalaya?
- Meghalaya is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Meghalaya?
- Meghalaya is pronounced /meɪˈɡɑːləjə/ (UK).
Words near Meghalaya in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Meghalaya (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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