Kargil

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proper noun

A town and capital of Ladakh, India.

Originlbj དཀར་འཁྱིལ →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Kargyil

  1. A town and capital of Ladakh, India.
  2. A district of Ladakh, India.

Origin

  1. lbjདཀར་འཁྱིལ
  2. EnglishKargil

Borrowed from Ladakhi དཀར་འཁྱིལ (dkar 'khyil).

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Translations

Bengali কার্গিল
  • কার্গিল (kargil)town in Ladakh
Chinese Mandarin 卡吉爾 /卡吉尔
  • 卡吉爾 /卡吉尔 (kǎjí'ěr)town in Ladakh
French Kargil
  • Kargiltown in Ladakh
Hindi कारगिल
  • कारगिल (kārgil)town in Ladakh
Korean 카르길
  • 카르길 (kareugil)town in Ladakh
Malay Kargil
  • Kargiltown in Ladakh
Persian کارگل
  • کارگلtown in Ladakh
Portuguese Cargil
  • Cargiltown in Ladakh
Punjabi ਕਾਰਗਿਲ
  • ਕਾਰਗਿਲ (kārgil)town in Ladakh
Russian Каргил
  • Каргил (Kargil)town in Ladakh
Spanish Kargil
  • Kargiltown in Ladakh
Tamil கார்கில்
  • கார்கில் (kārkil)town in Ladakh
Urdu کارگل
  • کارگل (kārgil)town in Ladakh

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Kilgra
Cite this entry
APA

Kargil. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kargil

MLA

“Kargil.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kargil. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kargil,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kargil.

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