Meghalaya

English thumb| Etymology en sa मेघालय abode of clouds, a compound of sa मेघ cloud + sa आलय abode. Pronunciation en /meɪˈɡɑːləjə/ RP en /ˌmeɪɡəˈleɪə/ /meɪˈɡɑləjə/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Meghalaya.wav US Proper noun en Q1195en state in northeastern c/India Shillong. en 25 September 2026 Zoya Mateen From Nagaland to a path to the Oscars: Indian film brings a rarely seen world to global cinema https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2dwk3z7x5eo BBC News Adlakha points to filmmakers such as Assam's Rima Das and Meghalaya's Dominic Sangma whose work, he says, reveals "how complex and multifaceted the idea of Indian cinema happens to be". 25 September 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20261001151938/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv2dwk3z7x5eo 1 October 2026 Synonyms nickname by British imperialist authorities Scotland of the East Derived terms en Meghalayan Translations state in northeastern India Arabic: ar مِيغَالَايَا f miḡalāyā Armenian: hy Մեգհալայա Assamese: as মেঘালয় Bengali: bn মেঘালয় Burmese: my မေဃာလယ Chhattisgarhi: hne Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 梅加拉亞邦 Méijiālāyà-bāng Dhivehi: dv މެގަލާޔާ Esperanto: eo Meghalajo Finnish: fi Meghalaya Georgian: ka მეგჰალაია Greek: el Μεγκαλάγια f Gujarati: gu મેઘાલય Hebrew: he מגהלאיה Hindi: hi मेघालय m Hungarian: hu Meghálaja Japanese: ja メーガーラヤ州 Mēgāraya-shū, ja メーガーラヤ Mēgāraya Kannada: kn ಮೆಘಾಲಯ Khmer: km មេឃាល័យ meikʰielɔya Korean: ko ^메갈라야 주, ko ^메갈라야 Lao: lo Latvian: lv Meghālaja Lithuanian: lt Meghalaja Malayalam: ml മേഘാലയ Marathi: mr मेघालय Mizo: lus Odia: or ମେଘାଳୟ Persian: fa مگالایا Portuguese: pt Meghalaya Punjabi: pa ਮੇਘਾਲਿਆ Russian: ru Мегхала́я Sanskrit: sa मेघालयराज्यम्, sa मेघालय Santali: sat Sikkimese: sip Sinhalese: si Spanish: es Megalaya Tamil: ta மேகாலயா Telugu: te మేఘాలయ Thai: th เมฆาลัย Urdu: ur میگھالیہ Uyghur: ug مەگھالوي See also Portuguese Proper noun pt Meghalaya Q1195