Andaman and Nicobar Islands

English thumb|the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (shaded in red) Etymology A combination of en Andaman Islands + en Nicobar Islands. Proper noun Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1 en Q40888en archipelago/and/union territory c/India in the bay/Bay of Bengal Port Blair. en Port Blair renamed Sri Vijaya Puram 'to free nation from colonial imprints' w:India Today https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/port-blair-renamed-sri-vijaya-puram-amit-shah-pm-modi-vision-free-nation-from-colonial-imprints-2599292-2024-09-13 2024-09-13 Port Blair, the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, was renamed Sri Vijaya Puram, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah saying on Friday that it was done to realise "Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to free the nation from colonial imprints". https://web.archive.org/web/20240927175915/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/port-blair-renamed-sri-vijaya-puram-amit-shah-pm-modi-vision-free-nation-from-colonial-imprints-2599292-2024-09-13 Translations Indian territory Arabic: ar جزر أندمان ونيكوبار f juzur andamān wa-nikūbār Bengali: bn আন্দামান ও নিকোবর দ্বীপপুঞ্জ Catalan: ca Illes Andaman i Nicobar f-p Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 安達曼-尼科巴群島 Āndāmàn-Níkēbā qúndǎo Estonian: et Andamanid ja Nicobarid p Finnish: fi Andamaanit ja Nikobaarit p Gujarati: gu અંદામાન અને નિકોબાર દ્વીપસમૂહ Hindi: hi अंडमान और निकोबार द्वीपसमूह m, hi अण्डमान और निकोबार द्वीपसमूह m Japanese: ja アンダマン・ニコバル諸島 Andaman-Nikobaru-shotō Korean: ko ^안다만 니코바르 제도 Malayalam: ml ആന്തമാൻ നിക്കോബാർ ദ്വീപുകൾ Portuguese: pt Ilhas de Andaman e Nicobar f-p Russian: ru Андама́нские и Никоба́рские острова́ m-p Sanskrit: sa अण्डमाननिकोबारद्वीपसमूह m अण्डमाननिकोबारद्वीपसमूहः Spanish: es Islas Andamán y Nicobar f-p Tamil: ta அந்தமான் நிக்கோபார் தீவுகள் See also Further reading