Rawalpindi
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Urdu راولپنڈی (rāvalpinḍī), from Western Panjabi راولپنڈی (rāvalpinḍī), from راول (rāval) and پنڈی (pinḍī), diminutive of پنڈ (pinḍ, “village”).
Pronunciation
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[edit]Rawalpindi
- A city in Punjab province, Pakistan, the capital of the district of the same name and the headquarters of the Pakistani military.
- A district of Punjab, Pakistan.
- (metonymically) The military of Pakistan.
- 2018 January 5, Suhasini Haidar, “U.S. move against Pakistan ‘welcome first step’: India”, in The Hindu[1]:
- “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.
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