Meghalaya

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit मेघालय (meghālaya, “above 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 (meghaḷôyô)
• 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)