Rawalpindi

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Rawalpindi

/rɑːwəlˈpɪndi/
/rɔːlˈpɪndi/

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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.

proper noun Rawulpindi

A city in Punjab province, Pakistan, the capital of the district of the same name and the headquarters of the Pakistani military.
A district of Punjab, Pakistan.
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.

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name city

한국어	라왈핀디 rawalpindi
日本語	ラワルピンディー Rawarupindī
中文	拉瓦爾品第 /拉瓦尔品第 Lāwǎ'ěrpǐndì, 拉瓦平第
हिन्दी	रावलपिंडी rāvalpiṇḍī
Deutsch	Rawalpindi
Русский	Равалпи́нди Ravalpíndi

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@misc{rawalpindi_2026,
  title = {Rawalpindi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rawalpindi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}