Nepal

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Nepal

/ˈneɪ.pɑl/
/ˈneː.pɑːl/ South Asia
/nɪˈpɔːl/ UK
/nəˈpoːl/ British, Southern, Standard
/nɪ-/ British, Southern, Standard
/nəˈpoːl/ Australia, New Zealand
/nəˈpɔl/ US
/nəˈpɑl/ US, cot caught merger
/nəˈpɔl/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ɔːl

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Nepali नेपाल (nepāl).

proper noun Nepaul

A country in South Asia, located between China and India. Official name: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. Capital and largest city: Kathmandu. The Newa script, also known as Nepaalalipi in Nepal and as Newar in English-speaking countries, is a Brahmi-based script that dates to the tenth century ce.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: thailand, tibet, nepalese, nepali, togo, niger, uruguay, kathmandu, country, gon, pal, nepalis, bhutan, pokhara, dhangadhi, peru

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name Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal

Español	Nepal
한국어	니파라 Nipara
日本語	ネパール Nepāru, ニハラ Nihara
中文	尼泊爾 /尼泊尔 Níbó'ěr
हिन्दी	नेपाल nepāl, नैपाल naipāl
Kiswahili	Nepal
Português	Nepal
Français	Népal
Deutsch	Nepal
Italiano	Nepal
Ελληνικά	Νεπάλ Nepál
Română	Nepal
Русский	Непа́л Nepál
Tiếng Việt	Nê-pan
العربية	نِيبَال nēpāl, نِيبَال nībāl
עברית	נֶפָּאל nepál

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@misc{nepal_2026,
  title = {Nepal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nepal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}