Secunderabad

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/sɪˈkəndəɹəbɑːd//ˈsɛkəndəɹəbɑːd/

proper noun

The twin city of Hyderabad Telangana, India.

OriginUrdu سِکَنْدَر آباد ← Hindi सिकंदराबाद →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The twin city of Hyderabad Telangana, India.

    It was my fate to commence my career in the medical service forty years ago in the presanitary days, long before the introduction of modern methods of diagnosis, at two of the most unhealthy stations in the whole of India — Bellary and Secunderabad.

    1881, International Congress of Medicine, Transactions of the 1st, 2nd, 4th-17th Congress, page 541

Origin

  1. Hindiसिकंदराबाद
  2. Urduسِکَنْدَر آباد
  3. EnglishSecunderabad

From Urdu سِکَنْدَر آباد (sikandar ābād) / Hindi सिकंदराबाद (sikandrābād), named after Sikander Jah. The spelling was likely influenced by Latin secundus.

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Translations

Hindi सिकंदराबाद
  • सिकंदराबाद (sikandrābād)city in India
Urdu سکندر آباد
  • سکندر آباد (sikandar ābād)city in India
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Chicago

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