Etymology

Rawalpindi

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Today it means: A city in Punjab province, Pakistan, the capital of the district of the same name and the headquarters of the Pakistani military. Full definition →

Urdu راولپنڈی ← pnb راولپنڈی
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  1. pnb · derived fromراولپنڈی
  2. Urdu · borrowed fromراولپنڈی
  3. English todayRawalpindi

Borrowed from Urdu راولپنڈی (rāvalpinḍī), from Western Punjabi راولپنڈی (rāvalpinḍī), from راول (rāval) and پنڈی (pinḍī), diminutive of پنڈ (pinḍ, “village”). The metonymical sense is from the Joint Staff Headquarters, the headquarters of the Pakistan Armed Forces located in that city.

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