Sikkim

English thumb|State of Sikkim highlighted (in red) within India (light grey areas are claimed by India but not controlled). Alternative forms en Sikhim obsolete Etymology en sip སུ་ཁྱིམ; The most widely accepted theory is that it is a combination of two Limbu words: su, which means "new", and khyim, which means "palace" or "house". The name is believed to be a reference to the palace built by the state's first ruler, Phuntsog Namgyal. Pronunciation en /ˈsɪkɪm/ sĭk′kĭmSikkim 1767 1 sĭk′ĭmSik·kim 711 1 en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Sikkim.wav US Proper noun en Q1505en state in eastern c/India Gangtok. en Q3960459en historical en A <<former country>> in <<r/South Asia>> that existed from the 17th century until its annexation by <<c:also/India>> in 1975 Kingdom of Sikkim. Synonyms historic Indrakil, the garden of the war god Indra Hypernyms eight sister states Derived terms en Sikkimese Sikkim fir Translations Q1505 state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital Arabic: ar سِيكِيم m Armenian: hy Սիկկիմ Assamese: as ছিক্কিম Bengali: bn সিক্কিম Bulgarian: bg Сики́м m Burmese: my ဆစ်ကင် Chhattisgarhi: hne Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 錫金 Xījīn, cmn 錫金邦 Xījīn Bāng Czech: cs Sikkim m Dhivehi: dv ސިއްކީމް Dzongkha: dz སུ་ཁྱིམ Esperanto: eo Sikimo Finnish: fi Sikkim Georgian: ka სიკიმი Gujarati: gu સિક્કિમ Hindi: hi सिक्किम m Hungarian: hu Szikkim Japanese: ja シッキム州 Sikkimu-shū, ja シッキム Sikkimu Kannada: kn ಸಿಕ್ಕಿಂ Korean: ko ^시킴 주, ko ^시킴 Latvian: lv Sikima Limbu: lif ᤛᤡᤰᤁᤡᤶ Lithuanian: lt Sikimas Malayalam: ml സിക്കിം Manipuri: Bishnupriya Manipuri: bpy সিকিম Marathi: mr सिक्किम Nepali: ne सिक्किम Odia: or ସିକିମ Persian: fa سیکیم sikim Portuguese: pt Siquim m Punjabi: pa ਸਿੱਕਮ, pa ਸਿਕਿਮ Western Punjabi: pnb سکم Russian: ru Сикки́м m Sanskrit: sa सिक्किम Sikkimese: sip སུ་ཁྱིམ Sinhalese: si සිකිම් Spanish: es Sikkim, es Sikín Tamil: ta சிக்கிம் Telugu: te సిక్కిం Thai: th สิกขิม Tibetan: bo འབྲས་ལྗོངས Ukrainian: uk Сіккім Welsh: cy Sicim f See also References Portuguese Proper noun m pt Siquim