Kathmandu

See also: Káthmandu and Káthmándú

English

Alternative forms

• Katmandu, Káthmándú

Etymology

From Nepali काठमाडौं (kāṭhmāḍa͠u), from Sanskrit काष्ठमण्डप (kāṣṭhamaṇḍapa), from काष्ठ (kāṣṭha, “wood”) + मण्डप (maṇḍapa, “pavilion”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkæt.mænˈduː/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkæt.mænˈdu/
• enPR: kät-män-do͞o′
• enPR: kät′män-do͞o′

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun

Kathmandu

1. The capital city of Nepal.
   • 2025 January 19, Sangam Prasain, “Road to Everest: Nepal opens new link to the top of the world”, in EFE‎^[1], archived from the original on 19 January 2025‎^[2]:

     Nepal’s new road connecting the Everest region to Kathmandu promises to transform travel and commerce, fueling hopes for economic growth while raising environmental concerns.

   1. (metonymic) The Nepalese government.

Translations

capital city of Nepal

• Afrikaans: Katmandoe
• Albanian: Kathmandu
• Amharic: ካትማንዱ (katmandu)
• Arabic: كَاثْمَانْدُو f (kaṯmandū)
• Armenian: Կատմանդու (hy) (Katmandu)
• Asturian: Katmandú (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Katmandu (az)
• Belarusian: Катманду́ m (Katmandú)
• Bengali: কাঠমান্ডু (bn) (kaṭhomanḍu)
• Bulgarian: Катманду́ m (Katmandú)
• Burmese: ခတ္တမန္ဒုမြို့ (hkatta.mandu.mrui.)
• Catalan: Katmandú (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎧᏘᎹᏂᏚ (katimanidu)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 加德滿都 / 加德满都 (gaa¹ dak¹ mun⁵ dou¹)

  Mandarin: 加德滿都 / 加德满都 (zh) (Jiādémǎndū)

• Czech: Káthmándú (cs) m
• Danish: Katmandu n
• Dutch: Kathmandu n
• Esperanto: Katmanduo (eo), Katmando
• Estonian: Katmandu (et)
• Finnish: Katmandu
• French: Katmandou (fr) f, Kathmandu f, Kātmāndū f
• Galician: Katmandú m
• Georgian: კატმანდუ (ka) (ḳaṭmandu)
• German: Kathmandu (de) n
• Greek: Κατμαντού (el) n (Katmantoú)
• Gujarati: ખટમંડુ n (khaṭmaṇḍu), કાઠમાંડુ n (kāṭhmā̃ḍu)
• Hebrew: קַטְמַנְדּוּ f (katmandú)
• Hindi: काठमांडू (hi) m (kāṭhmāṇḍū)
• Hungarian: Katmandu (hu)
• Icelandic: Katmandú m
• Ido: Katmandu
• Indonesian: Kathmandu
• Irish: Kathmandu
• Italian: Katmandu m
• Japanese: カトマンズ (ja) (Katomanzu)
• Kannada: ಕಠ್ಮಂಡು (kaṭhmaṇḍu)
• Kazakh: Катманду (Katmandu)
• Khmer: កដ្ឋមណ្ឌូ (km) (kɑɑdmɑɑnduu)
• Korean: 카트만두 (Kateumandu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Kathmandu (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Катманду (Katmandu)
• Lao: ກາດມານດຸ (kāt mān du)
• Latvian: Katmandu m
• Lithuanian: Katmandu m
• Macedonian: Катманду (Katmandu)
• Malay: Kathmandu
• Malayalam: കാഠ്മാണ്ഡു (kāṭhmāṇḍu)
• Marathi: काठमांडू (kāṭhmāṇḍū)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Катманду (Katmandu)

• Nepali: काठमाडौं (ne) (kāṭhmāḍa͠u)
• Newar: येँ (yẽ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Katmandu

  Nynorsk: Katmandu

• Pashto: کاتماندو
• Persian: کاتماندو (kâtmându)
• Polish: Katmandu (pl) m
• Portuguese: Katmandu f
• Punjabi: ਕਠਮੰਡੂ m (kaṭhmaṇḍū)
• Romanian: Kathmandu (ro)
• Russian: Катманду́ (ru) m (Katmandú)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Катманду m

  Latin: Katmandu (sh) m

• Sinhalese: කත්මන්ඩු (katmanḍu)
• Slovak: Káthmandu m
• Slovene: Katmandu m
• Spanish: Katmandú (es) m
• Swedish: Katmandu (sv) n
• Tagalog: Katmandu
• Tajik: Катманду (Katmandu)
• Tamil: காட்மாண்டூ (kāṭmāṇṭū)
• Tatar: Катманду (Qatmandu)
• Telugu: కాఠ్మండు (kāṭhmaṇḍu), కాష్ఠమండపము (kāṣṭhamaṇḍapamu)
• Thai: กาฐมาณฑุ (th) (gàat-maan-dù)
• Tibetan: ཀ་ཏ་མན་ཏུ། (ka ta man tu), ཡུམ་བུ (yum bu), ཡམ་བུ (yam bu)
• Turkish: Katmandu (tr)
• Turkmen: Katmandu
• Ukrainian: Катманду́ m (Katmandú)
• Urdu: کاٹھمانڈو m (kāṭhmāṇḍū)
• Uyghur: كاتماندۇ (katmandu)
• Uzbek: Katmandu
• Vietnamese: Cát-man-đu
• Yiddish: קאַטמאַנדו n (katmandu)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Kathmandu f

1. alternative spelling of Katmandu