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Rawalpindi

/rɑːwəlˈpɪndi/

Rawalpindi proper noun: a city in Punjab province, Pakistan, the capital of the district of the same name and the headquarters of the Pakistani military.

Proper noun

Rawalpindi

  1. A city in Punjab province, Pakistan, the capital of the district of the same name and the headquarters of the Pakistani military.
  2. A district of Punjab, Pakistan.
  3. (metonymically) The military of Pakistan.
    • “It is a welcome first step. [We] hope it will get Rawalpindi (Pakistan’s military) thinking,” a senior official told The Hindu, although the government issued no formal reaction to the development.2018 January 5, Suhasini Haidar, “U.S. move against Pakistan ‘welcome first step’: India”, in The Hindu

Rawalpindi meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

Rawalpindi in Hindi

city
रावलपिंडी rāvalpiṇḍī

Rawalpindi in Marathi

city
रावळपिंडी rāvaḷpiṇḍī

Rawalpindi in Urdu

city
راولپنڈی rāvalpiṇḍī

Rawalpindi in Bengali

city
রাওলপিণ্ডী raolpiṇḍī
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Rawalpindi in Punjabi
ਰਾਵਲਪਿੰਡੀ rāvlapiṇḍī
Rawalpindi in Persian
راولپندی râvalpendi

Forms of Rawalpindi

alternative formRawulpindi

Origin of Rawalpindi

Borrowed from Urdu راولپنڈی (rāvalpinḍī), from Western Punjabi راولپنڈی (rāvalpinḍī), from راول (rāval) and پنڈی (pinḍī), diminutive of پنڈ (pinḍ, “village”). The metonymical sense is from the Joint Staff Headquarters, the headquarters of the Pakistan Armed Forces located in that city.

Phrases with Rawalpindi

Questions about Rawalpindi

What does Rawalpindi mean?
Rawalpindi means a city in Punjab province, Pakistan, the capital of the district of the same name and the headquarters of the Pakistani military.
What is Rawalpindi in Hindi?
Rawalpindi in Hindi is रावलपिंडी (rāvalpiṇḍī). See Rawalpindi meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Rawalpindi?
Rawalpindi is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Rawalpindi?
Rawalpindi is pronounced /rɑːwəlˈpɪndi/.

Words near Rawalpindi in the dictionary

  1. raw-dog
  2. raw-dogged
  3. raw-dogging
  4. raw-dogs
  5. raw-head and bloody-bones
  6. Rawalpindi
  7. Rawalpindi Division
  8. Rawan
  9. Rawang
  10. rawap
  11. rawaps

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