Golconda

English

Alternative forms

• Golkonda

Etymology

From Urdu گولْکُنْڈَہ (golkunḍa), itself from Telugu గొల్లకొండ (gollakoṇḍa), from గొల్ల (golla, “of or pertaining to shepherds”) + కొండ (koṇḍa, “hill”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɡɒlˈkɒndə/

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡɑlˈkɑndə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Golconda

1. A fortress and ruined city in Telangana, India, historically famous for nearby diamond mining.
   • 1827, John Lee Comstock, Elements of Mineralogy:

     Fifty years ago, there were more than twenty places in the kingdom of Golconda, in which diamonds of different sizes were found…

2. A small city, the county seat of Pope County, Illinois, United States; named after Golconda in India.
3. A census-designated place in Humboldt County, Nevada, United States.
4. A locality in Dorset council area and the City of Launceston, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.

Translations

ruined city in Telangana, India

• Arabic:

  Hijazi Arabic: قولكُندة f (gōlkunda)

• Azerbaijani: Qolkonda
• Bengali: গোলকুন্ডা (gōlokunḍa)
• Finnish: Golkonda
• French: Golconde (fr) f, Golkonda f
• Georgian: ჰოლკონდა (holḳonda)
• German: Golkonda f, Golkanda f, Golconda f
• Greek: Γκολκόντα f (Gkolkónta)
• Hindi: गोलकुंडा m (golkuṇḍā), गोलकोण्डा m (golkoṇḍā)
• Italian: Golconda f
• Japanese: ゴールコンダ (Gōrukonda)
• Korean: 골콘다 (golkonda)
• Malayalam: ഗോൽക്കൊണ്ട (gōlkkoṇṭa)
• Marathi: गोवळकोंडा m (govaḷkoṇḍā)
• Odia: ଗୋଲକୁଣ୍ଡା (golakuṇḍā)
• Persian: گلکنده (golkonde)
• Portuguese: Golconda f
• Russian: Голко́нда f (Golkónda), Голка́нда f (Golkánda)
• Sanskrit: गोल्कोण्डदुर्गम् m (golkoṇḍadurgam), गोल्कोण्ड m (golkoṇḍa)
• Spanish: Golconda f
• Tajik: Гулкунда (Gulkunda)
• Tamil: கோல்கொண்டா (kōlkoṇṭā), கோல்கண்டா (kōlkaṇṭā)
• Telugu: గోల్కొండ (gōlkoṇḍa)
• Turkish: Gülkünde

  Ottoman Turkish: كلكنده (Gülkünde)

• Ukrainian: Голко́нда f (Holkónda), Ґолко́нда f (Golkónda)
• Urdu: گولْکُنْڈَہ m (golkunḍa)

Noun

Golconda (plural Golcondas)

1. (figuratively) A source of great wealth, especially a mine.