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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu proper noun: a state in southern India. Capital: Chennai.

tamil nadu: a state in southern India. Capital: Chennai
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Proper noun

Tamil Nadu

  1. A state in southern India. Capital: Chennai.
    • Tamil Nadu is the second biggest market for small business credit, accounting for 9.3% of the national total, as per a joint report by Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and credit bureau CRIF High Mark. As of June 30, 2025, Tamil Nadu had an outstanding small business credit...2025 September 8, Sanjay Vijayakumar, “Tamil Nadu second biggest market for small business credit: study”, in The Hindu, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2025
    Synonyms:
    TN

Tamil Nadu meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Tamil Nadu in Hindi

state in southern India
तमिल नाडु tamil nāḍu, तामिल नाडू tāmil nāḍū, तमिलनाडु tamilnāḍu

Tamil Nadu in Tamil

state in southern India
தமிழ்நாடு tamiḻnāṭu, தமிழகம் tamiḻakam

Tamil Nadu in Marathi

state in southern India
तमिळनाडू tamiḷnāḍū

Tamil Nadu in Urdu

state in southern India
تامل ناڈو tamil nāḍu
More languagesFewer languages
Tamil Nadu in Bengali
তামিলনাড়ু tamilnaṛu, তামিল নাড়ু tamil naṛu
Tamil Nadu in Telugu
తమిళనాడు tamiḷanāḍu
Tamil Nadu in Malayalam
തമിഴ് നാഡു tamiḻŭ nāḍu, തമിഴ്നാട് tamiḻnāṭŭ
Tamil Nadu in Kannada
ತಮಿಳ್ ನಾಡು tamiḷ nāḍu, ತಮಿಳುನಾಡು tamiḷunāḍu
Tamil Nadu in Punjabi
ਤਾਮਿਲ ਨਾਡੂ tāmil nāḍū
Tamil Nadu in Gujarati
તમિલનાડુ tamilnāḍu
Tamil Nadu in Odia
ତାମିଲନାଡୁ tāmilanāḍu
Tamil Nadu in Assamese
তামিল নাডু tamil nadu
Tamil Nadu in Arabic
تَامِيل نَادُو tamīl nadū
Tamil Nadu in Persian
تامیل نادو
Tamil Nadu in Thai
ทมิฬนาฑู tá-min-naa-duu
Tamil Nadu in Vietnamese
Tamil Nadu
Dhivehi
ޓެމިލް ނާޑޫ ṭemil nāḍū

Synonyms of Tamil Nadu

Origin of Tamil Nadu

Transliteration of Tamil தமிழ் நாடு (tamiḻ nāṭu, literally “Tamil country”).

Questions about Tamil Nadu

What does Tamil Nadu mean?
Tamil Nadu means a state in southern India. Capital: Chennai.
What is Tamil Nadu in Hindi?
Tamil Nadu in Hindi is तमिल नाडु (tamil nāḍu), तामिल नाडू (tāmil nāḍū), तमिलनाडु (tamilnāḍu). See Tamil Nadu meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Tamil Nadu?
Tamil Nadu is a proper noun.

Words near Tamil Nadu in the dictionary

  1. Tamika
  2. Tamiko
  3. Tamil
  4. Tamil Eelam
  5. Tamil English
  6. Tamil Nadu
  7. Tamil Tiger
  8. Tamil Tigers
  9. Tamilakam
  10. Tamilan
  11. Tamilans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tamil Nadu (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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