Hyderabad

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindi हैदराबाद (haidarābād) / Urdu حیدرآباد (haidarābād), from हैदर (haidar) / حیدر (haidar, lion) + -आबाद (-ābād) / آباد (ābād, -ābād, placename suffix). Named in honour of the Caliph Ali Ibn Abi Talib, nicknamed "Haidar" for his lion-like valour in battles.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪdəɹəbɑːd/
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Proper noun

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Hyderabad

  1. The capital and largest city of Telangana, India.
  2. A district of Telangana, India.
  3. A former state, landlocked in south-central India, which was ruled from 1724 until 1948 by a line of nizams.
    • 2008, Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 916:
      At Indian partition in 1947, the nizam chose to resume Hyderabad's independent status, but India invaded the state (1948) and took control.
    • 1995, The Indian Political Science Review, volume 16, page 225:
      Maududi was born in 1903 at Aurangabad in Hyderabad, India, into a family with a long religious tradition.
  4. A city in Sindh, Pakistan.

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References

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  1. ^ Everett-Heath, John. Concise Dictionary of World Place Names, Oxford University Press, 2005 p 223 (→ISBN)

Portuguese

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Proper noun

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Hyderabad f

  1. Alternative form of Hiderabade

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /xaideɾaˈbad/ [xai̯.ð̞e.ɾaˈβ̞að̞]
  • Rhymes: -ad
  • Syllabification: Hy‧de‧ra‧bad

Proper noun

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Hyderabad ?

  1. The capital and largest city of Telangana, India.
  2. Hyderabad (a district of Telangana, India)