Uttarakhand

English

Location of Uttarakhand in India

Etymology

Transliteration of Hindi उत्तराखण्ड (uttarākhaṇḍ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʊtəˈɹɑːkʌnd/

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Proper noun

Uttarakhand

2. A state in northern India, created in 2000 by separation from Uttar Pradesh. Capitals: Dehradun (winter capital) and Bhararisain (summer capital).

   Synonyms: (former name) Uttaranchal, (nickname, due to its religious significance) Devbhumi (literally “Land of the Gods”)

   • 2022 May 17, Esha Mitra and Jessie Yeung, “Indian couple sue only son for not giving them grandchildren”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Sadhana and Sanjeev Prasad, who live in Haridwar, a city in northern Uttarakhand state, filed a petition this month seeking 50 million Indian rupees (about $643,000) in damages from their son, 35, and his wife, 31.

Translations

state in northern India

• Arabic: أُوتَارَاخَنْد m (ʔUtārāḵand)
• Armenian: Ուտտարաքանդ (Uttarakʻand)
• Bengali: উত্তরাখণ্ড (bn) (uttôrakhônḍ)
• Burmese: ဥတ္တရခဏ္ဍ (utta.ra.hkanda.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北阿坎德邦 (Běi-Ākǎndé-bāng)

• Dhivehi: އުއްތަރުކަންދު (uttarukan̊du)
• Finnish: Uttarakhand
• Georgian: უტარაკჰანდი (uṭaraḳhandi)
• Greek: Ουταράχαντ (el) (Outaráchant)
• Gujarati: ઉત્તરાખંડ (uttarākhaṇḍ)
• Hebrew: אוטראקהאנד
• Hindi: उत्तराखण्ड (hi) m (uttarākhaṇḍ), उत्तराञ्चल (hi) (uttarāñcal), उत्तराखंड (hi) m (uttarākhaṇḍ), उत्तराखंड़ (hi) m (uttarākhãṛ)
• Hungarian: Uttarakhand (hu)
• Japanese: ウッタラーカンド (Uttarākando)
• Kannada: ಉತ್ತರಾಖಂಡ (kn) (uttarākhaṇḍa)
• Korean: 우타라칸드 (Utarakandeu)
• Latvian: Utarakhanda
• Lithuanian: Utarakhandas
• Malayalam: ഉത്തരാഖണ്ഡ് (uttarākhaṇḍŭ)
• Marathi: उत्तराखंड (uttarākhaṇḍa)
• Odia: ଉତ୍ତରାଖଣ୍ଡ (uttarākhaṇḍa)
• Portuguese: Uttarakhand m
• Punjabi: ਉੱਤਰਖੰਡ (uttarkhaṇḍ)
• Russian: Уттаракха́нд (ru) m (Uttarakxánd)
• Tamil: உத்தராகண்டம் (uttarākaṇṭam)
• Telugu: ఉత్తరాఖండ్ (uttarākhaṇḍ)
• Thai: อุตตราขัณฑ์ (ùt-dtà-raa-kǎn)

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

Portuguese

Proper noun

Uttarakhand m

1. (rare) Uttarakhand (a state in northern India, created in 2000 by separation from Uttar Pradesh)