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Rawalpindi
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English
Alternative forms
en Rawulpindi
Etymology
en ur راولپنڈی rāvalpinḍī, from en pnb راولپنڈی rāvalpinḍī, from pnb راول rāval and pnb پنڈی pinḍī, diminutive of pnb پنڈ pinḍ village. The metonymical sense is from the Joint Staff Headquarters (Pakistan) Joint Staff Headquarters, the headquarters of the Pakistan Armed Forces located in that city.
Pronunciation
en /rɑːwəlˈpɪndi/ /rɔːlˈpɪndi/
Proper noun
en city p:suf/Punjab c/Pakistan, the capital of the district of the same name and the headquarters of the Pakistani military.
en district p/Punjab c/Pakistan.
en metonym The military of Pakistan.
en http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/india-is-silent-on-us-action-fs-meets-us-ambassador-on-move-to-cancel-aid-to-pakistan/article22377890.ece?homepage=true U.S. move against Pakistan ‘welcome first step’: India The Hindu 5 Jan 2018 Suhasini Haidar “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.
Translations
city
Bengali: bn রাওলপিণ্ডী raolpiṇḍī
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 拉瓦爾品第 Lāwǎ'ěrpǐndì, cmn 拉瓦平第
Georgian: ka რავალპინდი
German: de Rawalpindi n
Hindi: hi रावलपिंडी
Japanese: ja ラワルピンディー Rawarupindī
Korean: ko 라왈핀디
Marathi: mr रावळपिंडी
Persian: fa راولپندی râvalpendi
Punjabi: pa ਰਾਵਲਪਿੰਡੀ
Russian: ru Равалпи́нди m
Urdu: ur راولپنڈی rāvalpiṇḍī