Meghalaya

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UK/meɪˈɡɑːləjə/US/ˌmeɪɡəˈleɪə/US/meɪˈɡɑləjə/

proper noun

A state in northeastern India. Capital: Shillong.

Similar
Scotland of the East
OriginSanskrit मेघालय →
UncommonScrabble 18
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A state in northeastern India. Capital: Shillong.

    Adlakha points to filmmakers such as Assam's Rima Das and Meghalaya's Dominic Sangma whose work, he says, reveals "how complex and multifaceted the idea of Indian cinema happens to be".

    2026 September 25, Zoya Mateen, “From Nagaland to a path to the Oscars: Indian film brings a rarely seen world to global cinema”, in BBC News, retrieved 25 Sep 2026

    Synonyms: Scotland of the East

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA state in northeastern India. Capital: Shillong.

Similar
Scotland of the East

Origin

  1. Sanskritमेघालय“abode of clouds”
  2. EnglishMeghalaya

Borrowed from Sanskrit मेघालय (meghālaya, “abode of clouds”), a compound of मेघ (megha, “cloud”) + आलय (ālaya, “abode”).

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Translations

Arabic مِيغَالَايَا
  • مِيغَالَايَا (miḡalāyā)state in northeastern India
Bengali মেঘালয়
  • মেঘালয় (meghaloẏ)state in northeastern India
Chinese Mandarin 梅加拉亞邦 /梅加拉亚邦
  • 梅加拉亞邦 /梅加拉亚邦 (Méijiālāyà-bāng)state in northeastern India
Esperanto Meghalajo
  • Meghalajostate in northeastern India
Finnish Meghalaya
  • Meghalayastate in northeastern India
Greek Μεγκαλάγια
  • Μεγκαλάγια (Megkalágia)state in northeastern India
Hebrew מגהלאיה
  • מגהלאיהstate in northeastern India
Hindi मेघालय
  • मेघालय (meghālay)state in northeastern India
Hungarian Meghálaja
  • Meghálajastate in northeastern India
Japanese メーガーラヤ州, メーガーラヤ
  • メーガーラヤ州 (Mēgāraya-shū)state in northeastern India
  • メーガーラヤ (Mēgāraya)state in northeastern India
Korean 메갈라야 주, 메갈라야
  • 메갈라야 주 (Megallaya ju)state in northeastern India
  • 메갈라야 (Megallaya)state in northeastern India
Latvian Meghālaja
  • Meghālajastate in northeastern India
Lithuanian Meghalaja
  • Meghalajastate in northeastern India
Persian مگالایا
  • مگالایاstate in northeastern India
Portuguese Meghalaya
  • Meghalayastate in northeastern India
Punjabi ਮੇਘਾਲਿਆ
  • ਮੇਘਾਲਿਆ (meghāliā)state in northeastern India
Russian Мегхала́я
  • Мегхала́я (Megxalája)state in northeastern India
Spanish Megalaya
  • Megalayastate in northeastern India
Tamil மேகாலயா
  • மேகாலயா (mēkālayā)state in northeastern India
Thai เมฆาลัย
  • เมฆาลัย (mee-kaa-lai)state in northeastern India
Urdu میگھالیہ
  • میگھالیہ (meghāleh)state in northeastern India
Cite this entry
APA

Meghalaya. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Meghalaya

MLA

“Meghalaya.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Meghalaya. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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