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Delhi

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Etymology 1

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Corrupted from Hindustani دہلی (dihlī, dêhli) / देहली (dehlī), of uncertain origin. See Delhi § Toponym at Wikipedia. Compare Hindi दिल्ली (dillī).

Pronunciation

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(city in India):

Proper noun

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Delhi within the Republic of India

Delhi

  2. A megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi.
    • 2007 December 5, Randeep Ramesh, “Speed limits rise as India falls in love with the car”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      The £4bn expressways form a diamond linking Delhi with the country's three other largest cities, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta, marking the beginning of more than £35bn of road projects.
  3. (synecdochically) The Indian government.
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See also

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union territories of Indiaedit

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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Proper noun

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Delhi

  1. A locale in North America; named for the city in India.
    1. A census-designated place in Merced County, California.
    2. A town in Delaware County, New York.
    3. A village, the county seat of Delaware County, New York, located within the town of the same name.
    4. A community in Ontario.
    5. A town in Louisiana.
    6. A city in Iowa.
    7. A city in Minnesota.
    8. An unincorporated community in Illinois.
    9. An unincorporated community in Colorado.
    10. An unincorporated community in Georgia.
    11. An unincorporated community in Missouri.
    12. An unincorporated community in Texas.
    13. A ghost town in Wisconsin.
    14. A community in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.

Etymology 3

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From Mongolian Дэлхий (Delxii) / ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ (delekei).

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Delhi

  1. Synonym of Delingha.
    • 2008 July 28, “Floods leave two miners missing, two others trapped in northwest China”, in ReliefWeb‎[3], archived from the original on 11 July 2021‎[4]:
      Another two counties, Wulan and Tianjun, as well as the two cities of Golmud and Delhi also suffered the floods. More than 1,000 heads of sheep were washed away.
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Portuguese

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Proper noun

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Delhi f

  1. (proscribed) alternative spelling of Déli / Deli: Delhi (a megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi)

Usage notes

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The Portuguese-Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990 recommends the use of nativized placenames (instead of unadapted borrowings or partial calques) if these are established in the language. As such, the forms Déli or Deli are preferred.

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dêlxi/
  • Hyphenation: Del‧hi

Proper noun

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Dȅlhi m inan (Cyrillic spelling Де̏лхи)

  1. Delhi (a megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi)

Declension

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Declension of Delhi
singular
nominative Delhi
genitive Delhija
dative Delhiju
accusative Delhi
vocative Delhi
locative Delhiju
instrumental Delhijem

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdeli/ [ˈd̪e.li]
  • Rhymes: -eli
  • Syllabification: Del‧hi

Proper noun

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Delhi f

  1. Delhi (a megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi)

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