Delhi
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Corrupted from Hindustani دہلی (dihlī, dêhli) / देहली (dehlī), of uncertain origin. See Delhi § Toponym at Wikipedia. Compare Hindi दिल्ली (dillī).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (city in India):
Proper noun
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Delhi
Synonyms
[edit]- National Capital Territory (formal)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Arabic: دِلْهِي (dilhī)
- → Chinese: 德里 (Délǐ)
- → Greek: Δελχί (Delchí)
- → Hebrew: דֵלְהִי (delhī)
- → Japanese: デリー (Derī)
- → Turkish: Delhi
Translations
[edit]city in India
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See also
[edit]- (union territories) union territory; Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, (Category: en:Union territories of India)
Further reading
[edit]- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Delhi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[1], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 990-991
Etymology 2
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (locale in North America):
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛl.haɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪ
Proper noun
[edit]Delhi
- A locale in North America; named for the city in India.
- A census-designated place in Merced County, California.
- A town in Delaware County, New York.
- A village, the county seat of Delaware County, New York, located within the town of the same name.
- A community of Ontario.
- A town in Louisiana.
- A city in Iowa.
- A city in Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Colorado.
- An unincorporated community in Georgia.
- An unincorporated community in Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Texas.
- A ghost town in Wisconsin.
- A community of Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.
Etymology 3
[edit]From Mongolian Дэлхий (Delxii) / ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ (delekei).
Proper noun
[edit]Delhi
- Synonym of Delingha
- 2008 July 28, “Floods leave two miners missing, two others trapped in northwest China”, in ReliefWeb[2], archived from the original on July 11, 2021[3]:
- Another two counties, Wulan and Tianjun, as well as the two cities of Golmud and Delhi also suffered the floods. More than 1,000 heads of sheep were washed away.
Translations
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Dȅlhi m (Cyrillic spelling Де̏лхи)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Delhi
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Delhi f
Derived terms
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- Rhymes:English/ɛli
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- en:Delhi
- en:Cities in India
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- en:Places in India
- Rhymes:English/aɪ
- Rhymes:English/aɪ/2 syllables
- en:Census-designated places in California, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in California, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Towns in New York, USA
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- en:County seats of New York, USA
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- en:Places in Louisiana, USA
- en:Cities in Iowa, USA
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- en:Unincorporated communities in Illinois, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Illinois, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Colorado, USA
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- en:Unincorporated communities in Georgia, USA
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- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
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- sh:Delhi
- sh:Cities in India
- sh:Union territories of India
- sh:Places in India
- Spanish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eli
- Rhymes:Spanish/eli/2 syllables
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- es:Delhi
- es:Cities in India
- es:Union territories of India
- es:Places in India