Meghalaya

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit मेघालय (meghālaya, “abode of clouds”), a compound of मेघ (megha, “cloud”) + आलय (ālaya, “abode”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /meɪɡˈɑːləjə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmeɪɡəˈleɪə/

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Proper noun

Meghalaya

1. A state in northeastern India. Capital: Shillong.

Synonyms

• (nickname by British imperialist authorities) Scotland of the East

Translations

state in northeastern India

• Arabic: مِيغَالَايَا f (miḡalāyā)
• Armenian: Մեգհալայա (Meghalaya)
• Assamese: মেঘালয় (meghaloy)
• Bengali: মেঘালয় (bn) (meghaloẏ)
• Burmese: မေဃာလယ (meghala.ya.)
• Chhattisgarhi: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 梅加拉亞邦 / 梅加拉亚邦 (Méijiālāyà-bāng)

• Dhivehi: މެގަލާޔާ (megalāyā)
• Esperanto: Meghalajo
• Finnish: Meghalaya
• Georgian: მეგჰალაია (meghalaia)
• Greek: Μεγκαλάγια (el) f (Megkalágia)
• Gujarati: મેઘાલય (meghālya)
• Hebrew: מגהלאיה
• Hindi: मेघालय (hi) (meghālay)
• Hungarian: Meghálaja (hu)
• Japanese: メーガーラヤ州 (Mēgāraya-shū), メーガーラヤ (Mēgāraya)
• Kannada: ಮೆಘಾಲಯ (meghālaya)
• Khmer: មេឃាល័យ (meikʰielɔya)
• Korean: 메갈라야 주 (Megallaya ju), 메갈라야 (Megallaya)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: Meghālaja
• Lithuanian: Meghalaja
• Malayalam: മേഘാലയ (mēghālaya)
• Marathi: मेघालय (meghālay)
• Mizo: please add this translation if you can
• Odia: ମେଘାଳୟ (meghāḷaya)
• Persian: مگالایا
• Portuguese: Meghalaya
• Punjabi: ਮੇਘਾਲਿਆ (meghāliā)
• Russian: Мегхала́я (ru) (Megxalája)
• Sanskrit: मेघालयराज्यम् (meghālayarājyam)
• Santali: please add this translation if you can
• Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
• Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: Megalaya
• Tamil: மேகாலயா (ta) (mēkālayā)
• Telugu: మేఘాలయ (te) (mēghālaya)
• Thai: เมฆาลัย (mee-kaa-lai)
• Urdu: میگھالیہ (meghāleh)
• Uyghur: مەگھالوي (meghaloy)

See also

• (states of India) state of India; Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala / Keralam, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal ^{(Category: en:States of India)}

Portuguese

Proper noun

Meghalaya

1. Meghalaya (a state in northeastern India)