Andaman and Nicobar Islands

English

the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (shaded in red)

Etymology

A combination of Andaman Islands + Nicobar Islands.

Proper noun

the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

2. An archipelago and union territory of India in the Bay of Bengal. Capital: Port Blair.
   • 2024 September 13, “Port Blair renamed Sri Vijaya Puram 'to free nation from colonial imprints'”, in India Today‎^[1], archived from the original on 27 September 2024:

     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".

Translations

Indian territory

• Arabic: جزر أندمان ونيكوبار f (juzur andamān wa-nikūbār)
• Bengali: আন্দামান ও নিকোবর দ্বীপপুঞ্জ (bn) (andaman ō nikōbor dippunjo)
• Catalan: Illes Andaman i Nicobar f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安達曼-尼科巴群島 / 安达曼-尼科巴群岛 (Āndāmàn-Níkēbā qúndǎo)

• Estonian: Andamanid ja Nicobarid pl
• Finnish: Andamaanit ja Nikobaarit pl
• Gujarati: અંદામાન અને નિકોબાર દ્વીપસમૂહ (andāmān ane nikobār dvīpasmūh)
• Hindi: अंडमान और निकोबार द्वीपसमूह m (aṇḍmān aur nikobār dvīpasmūh), अण्डमान और निकोबार द्वीपसमूह (hi) m (aṇḍamān aur nikobār dvīpasmūh)
• Japanese: アンダマン・ニコバル諸島 (Andaman-Nikobaru-shotō)
• Korean: 안다만 니코바르 제도 (Andaman nikobareu jedo)
• Malayalam: ആന്തമാൻ നിക്കോബാർ ദ്വീപുകൾ (āntamāṉ nikkōbāṟ dvīpukaḷ)
• Portuguese: Ilhas de Andaman e Nicobar f pl
• Russian: Андама́нские и Никоба́рские острова́ (ru) m pl (Andamánskije i Nikobárskije ostrová)
• Sanskrit: अण्डमाननिकोबारद्वीपसमूहः m (aṇḍamānanikobāradvīpasamūhaḥ)
• Spanish: Islas Andamán y Nicobar f pl
• Tamil: அந்தமான் நிக்கோபார் தீவுகள் (antamāṉ nikkōpār tīvukaḷ)

See also

states of Indiaedit

• 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
• Uttarakhand
• Uttar Pradesh
• West Bengal

union territories of Indiaedit

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands
• Chandigarh
• Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
• Delhi
• Jammu and Kashmir
• Ladakh
• Lakshadweep
• Puducherry

Further reading

• Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Wikipedia.Wikipedia