Hyderabad
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Hyderabad
- /ˈhaɪdəɹəbɑːd/
- /ˈhaɪdəɹɑːbɑːd/ South Asia
- /ˈhɛdəɹɑːbɑːd/ South Asia
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindi हैदराबाद (haidarābād) / Urdu حَیْدَر آبَاد (haydar ābād), from हैदर (haidar) / حَیْدَر (haydar, “lion”) + -आबाद (-ābād) / آبَاد (ābād, placename suffix). Named in honour of the Caliph Ali Ibn Abi Talib, nicknamed "Haidar" for his lion-like valour in battles.
proper noun Haidarabad
- The capital and largest city of Telangana, India.
- A district of Telangana, India.
- A former state, landlocked in south-central India, which was ruled from 1724 until 1948 by a line of nizams. At Indian partition in 1947, the nizam chose to resume Hyderabad's independent status, but India invaded the state (1948) and took control.
- A city in Sindh, Pakistan.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: karnataka, akademi, longman, dn, sind, telangana, chennai, secunderabad, chandigarh, madras, new delhi, lagos, nizamabad, guntur, patna, vishakhapatnam
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name capital of Telangana
| Español | Hyderabad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 하이데라바드 Haiderabadeu |
| 日本語 | ハイデラバード Haiderabādo |
| हिन्दी | हैदराबाद haidarābād |
| Português | Hyderabad, Hiderabade |
| Français | Hyderābād |
| Русский | Хайдараба́д Xajdarabád |
| العربية | حَيْدَر أَبَاد ḥaydar ʔabād |
| עברית | היידראבאד |
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title = {Hyderabad},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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