Haridwar

H4A1R1I1D2W4A1R1

proper noun

A city and municipality of Haridwar district, Uttarakhand, India.

OriginSanskrit हरिद्वार →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative archaic Hardwar

  1. A city and municipality of Haridwar district, Uttarakhand, India.

    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.

    2022 May 17, Esha Mitra and Jessie Yeung, “Indian couple sue only son for not giving them grandchildren”, in CNN
  2. A district of Uttarakhand, India.

Origin

  1. Sanskritहरिद्वार
  2. EnglishHaridwar

Transliteration of Hindi हरिद्वार (haridvār), in turn borrowed from Sanskrit हरिद्वार (haridvāra), from हरि (hari, “Hari”) + द्वार (dvāra, “gateway, door”)

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Translations

Bengali হরিদ্বার
  • হরিদ্বার (horiddar)city in India
Hindi हरिद्वार
  • हरिद्वार (haridvār)city in India
Urdu ہری دوار
  • ہری دوار (harī duvār)city in India
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APA

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Chicago

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