Sikkim
/ˈsɪkɪm/
Sikkim proper noun: a state in eastern India. Capital: Gangtok.
Proper noun
Sikkim
- A state in eastern India. Capital: Gangtok.
- A former country in South Asia that existed from the 17th century until its annexation by India in 1975. Official name: Kingdom of Sikkim.
- Synonyms:
- Indrakil, the garden of the war god Indra
Sikkim meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
Sikkim in Hindi
- state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
- सिक्किम sikkim
Sikkim in Tamil
- state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
- சிக்கிம் cikkim
Sikkim in Marathi
- state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
- सिक्किम sikkim
Sikkim in Bengali
- state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
- সিক্কিম śikkim
More languagesFewer languages
- Sikkim in Telugu
- సిక్కిం sikkiṁ
- Sikkim in Malayalam
- സിക്കിം sikkiṁ
- Sikkim in Kannada
- ಸಿಕ್ಕಿಂ sikkiṃ
- Sikkim in Punjabi
- ਸਿੱਕਮ sikkam, ਸਿਕਿਮ sikim
- Sikkim in Gujarati
- સિક્કિમ sikkim
- Sikkim in Odia
- ସିକିମ sikima
- Sikkim in Sanskrit
- सिक्किम sikkima
- Sikkim in Sinhala
- සිකිම් sikim
- Sikkim in Assamese
- ছিক্কিম sikkim
- Sikkim in Nepali
- सिक्किम sikkim
- Sikkim in Arabic
- سِيكِيم sīkīm
- Sikkim in Persian
- سیکیم sikim
- Sikkim in Thai
- สิกขิม sìk-kǐm
- Sikkim in Myanmar
- ဆစ်ကင် hcackang
- Dhivehi
- ސިއްކީމް sikkīm̊
- Dzongkha
- སུ་ཁྱིམ su khyim
Synonyms of Sikkim
- Indrakil
- the garden of the war god Indra
Forms of Sikkim
| alternative form (obsolete) | Sikhim |
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Origin of Sikkim
Borrowed from Sikkimese སུ་ཁྱིམ (su khyim); The most widely accepted theory is that it is a combination of two Limbu words: su, which means "new", and khyim, which means "palace" or "house". The name is believed to be a reference to the palace built by the state's first ruler, Phuntsog Namgyal.
Words formed from Sikkim
Phrases with Sikkim
Questions about Sikkim
- What does Sikkim mean?
- Sikkim means a state in eastern India. Capital: Gangtok.
- What is Sikkim in Hindi?
- Sikkim in Hindi is सिक्किम (sikkim). See Sikkim meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Sikkim?
- Sikkim is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Sikkim?
- Sikkim is pronounced /ˈsɪkɪm/.
Words near Sikkim in the dictionary
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