Meanings
alternative obsolete Sikhim
- historicalA former country in South Asia that existed from the 17th century until its annexation by India in 1975. Official name: Kingdom of Sikkim.
Synonyms: Indrakil, the garden of the war god Indra
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA former country in South Asia that existed from the 17th century until its annexation by India in 1975. Official name: Kingdom of Sikkim.
Origin
- sipསུ་ཁྱིམ
- EnglishSikkim
Borrowed from Sikkimese སུ་ཁྱིམ (su khyim); The most widely accepted theory is that it is a combination of two Limbu words: su, which means "new", and khyim, which means "palace" or "house". The name is believed to be a reference to the palace built by the state's first ruler, Phuntsog Namgyal.
More words from sip
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سِيكِيم
- سِيكِيم (sīkīm)state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Bengali সিক্কিম
- সিক্কিম (śikkim)state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Bulgarian Сики́м
- Сики́м (Sikím)state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Chinese Mandarin 錫金 /锡金, 錫金邦 /锡金邦
- 錫金 /锡金 (Xījīn)state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
- 錫金邦 /锡金邦 (Xījīn Bāng)state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Czech Sikkim
- Sikkimstate in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Esperanto Sikimo
- Sikimostate in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Finnish Sikkim
- Sikkimstate in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Hindi सिक्किम
- सिक्किम (sikkim)state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Hungarian Szikkim
- Szikkimstate in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Japanese シッキム州, シッキム
- シッキム州 (Sikkimu-shū)state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
- シッキム (Sikkimu)state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Korean 시킴 주, 시킴
- 시킴 주 (Sikim ju)state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
- 시킴 (Sikim)state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Latvian Sikima
- Sikimastate in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Lithuanian Sikimas
- Sikimasstate in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Persian سیکیم
- سیکیم (sikim)state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Portuguese Siquim
- Siquimstate in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Punjabi ਸਿੱਕਮ, ਸਿਕਿਮ
- ਸਿੱਕਮ (sikkam)state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
- ਸਿਕਿਮ (sikim)state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Russian Сикки́м
- Сикки́м (Sikkím)state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Spanish Sikkim, Sikín
- Sikkimstate in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
- Sikínstate in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Tamil சிக்கிம்
- சிக்கிம் (cikkim)state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Thai สิกขิม
- สิกขิม (sìk-kǐm)state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Ukrainian Сіккім
- Сіккім (Sikkim)state in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Welsh Sicim
- Sicimstate in eastern India which has Gangtok as its capital
Cite this entry
Sikkim. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sikkim
“Sikkim.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sikkim. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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