Delhi

== English == === Etymology 1 === Corrupted from Hindustani دہلی (dihlī, dêhli) / देहली (dehlī), from Classical Persian دهلی (dihlī), of uncertain origin. See Delhi § Toponym at Wikipedia and Hindi दिल्ली (dillī) for more. ==== Pronunciation ==== (city in India): IPA(key): /ˈdɛl.i/, Homophone: deli Rhymes: -ɛli ==== Proper noun ==== Delhi A megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi. (synecdochic) The Indian government. ===== Synonyms ===== National Capital Territory (formal) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Arabic: دِلْهِي (dilhī) → Chinese: 德里 (Délǐ) → Greek: Δελχί (Delchí) → Hebrew: דֵלְהִי (delhī) → Japanese: デリー (Derī) → Korean: 델리 (Delli) → Tamil: டெல்லி (ṭelli) → Turkish: Delhi ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== ==== Further reading ==== Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Delhi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎[2], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 990-991 === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Pronunciation ==== (locale in North America): IPA(key): /ˈdɛl.haɪ/ Rhymes: -aɪ ==== Proper noun ==== Delhi A locale in North America; named for the city in India. A census-designated place in Merced County, California. A town in Delaware County, New York. A village, the county seat of Delaware County, New York, located within the town of the same name. A community in Ontario. A town in Louisiana. A city in Iowa. A city in Minnesota. An unincorporated community in Illinois. An unincorporated community in Colorado. An unincorporated community in Georgia. An unincorporated community in Missouri. An unincorporated community in Texas. A ghost town in Wisconsin. A community in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. === Etymology 3 === From Mongolian Дэлхий (Delxii) / ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ (delekei). ==== Proper noun ==== Delhi Synonym of Delingha. ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Diehl, hidel, hidle, hield == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Delhi f (proscribed) alternative spelling of Déli / Deli: Delhi (a megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi) ==== Usage notes ==== 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 == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dêlxi/ Hyphenation: Del‧hi === Proper noun === Dȅlhi m inan (Cyrillic spelling Де̏лхи) Delhi (a megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi) ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdeli/ [ˈd̪e.li] Rhymes: -eli Syllabification: Del‧hi === Proper noun === Delhi f Delhi (a megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi) ==== Derived terms ====