Meanings
Delhi1
- A megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi.
The £4bn expressways form a diamond linking Delhi with the country's three other largest cities, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta, marking the beginning of more than £35bn of road projects.
2007 December 5, Randeep Ramesh, “Speed limits rise as India falls in love with the car”, in The GuardianSynonyms: National Capital Territory
- The Indian government.
Delhi2
- A locale in North America; named for the city in India.
- 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.
- 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.
Delhi3
- Synonym of Delingha.
Another two counties, Wulan and Tianjun, as well as the two cities of Golmud and Delhi also suffered the floods. More than 1,000 heads of sheep were washed away.
2008 July 28, “Floods leave two miners missing, two others trapped in northwest China”, in ReliefWeb, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2021Synonyms: Delingha
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA megacity and union territory of India, containing the national capital New Delhi.
proper nounSynonym of Delingha.
Origin
Delhi · proper noun
- Classical Persianدهلی
- Hindustani
- EnglishDelhi
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.
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- MongolianДэлхий
- EnglishDelhi
From Mongolian Дэлхий (Delxii) / ᠳᠡᠯᠡᠬᠡᠢ (delekei).
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Arabic دِهْلِي, دِلْهِي
- دِهْلِي (dihlī)city in India
- دِلْهِي (dilhī)city in India
Bengali দিল্লি
- দিল্লি (dilli)city in India
Bulgarian Де́лхи
- Де́лхи (Délhi)city in India
Catalan Delhi
- Delhicity in India
Chinese Cantonese 德里
- 德里 (dak¹ lei⁵)city in India
Chinese Mandarin 德里, 德令哈
- 德里 (Délǐ)city in India
- 德令哈 (Délìnghā)county-level city
Czech Dillí
- Dillícity in India
Danish Delhi
- Delhicity in India
Dutch Delhi
- Delhicity in India
Estonian Delhi
- Delhicity in India
Finnish Delhi
- Delhicity in India
French Delhi
- Delhicity in India
German Delhi
- Delhicity in India
Greek Δελχί
- Δελχί (Delchí)city in India
Hebrew דֵלְהִי
- דֵלְהִי (delhi)city in India
Hindi दिल्ली, देहली
- दिल्ली (dillī)city in India
- देहली (dehlī)city in India
Hungarian Delhi
- Delhicity in India
Icelandic Delí
- Delícity in India
Indonesian Delhi
- Delhicity in India
Italian Delhi
- Delhicity in India
Japanese デリー
- デリー (Derī)city in India
Korean 델리
- 델리 (Delli)city in India
Latin Dellium
- Delliumcity in India
Latvian Deli
- Delicity in India
Lithuanian Delis
- Deliscity in India
Malay Delhi
- Delhicity in India
Norwegian Bokmål Delhi
- Delhicity in India
Persian دِهْلی
- دِهْلی (dehli)city in India
Polish Delhi
- Delhicity in India
Portuguese Déli, Deli
- Délicity in India
- Delicity in India
- Delhicity in India
Punjabi ਦਿੱਲੀ, دِلِّی
- ਦਿੱਲੀ (dillī)city in India
- دِلِّی (dilliī)city in India
Romanian Delhi
- Delhicity in India
Russian Де́ли
- Де́ли (Dɛ́li)city in India
Slovak Dillí
- Dillícity in India
Spanish Delhi
- Delhicity in India
Swedish Delhi
- Delhicity in India
Tamil தில்லி, டெல்லி
- தில்லி (tilli)city in India
- டெல்லி (ṭelli)city in India
Thai เดลี, ดิลลี
- เดลี (dee-lii)city in India
- ดิลลีcity in India
Turkish Delhi
- Delhicity in India
Ukrainian Де́лі
- Де́лі (Déli)city in India
Urdu دِہْلی, دِلّی
- دِہْلی (dihlī)city in India
- دِلّی (dillī)city in India
Vietnamese Đê-li
- Đê-licity in India
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Delhi
All rhymes →Sounds the same
Anagrams
Cite this entry
Delhi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Delhi
“Delhi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Delhi. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Delhi,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Delhi.
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