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Delhi

Delhi

58 1.0
A large city and surrounding area in north central India that includes New Delhi the country's capital city
  • proper noun
  • /ˈdɛli/
translation icon : Delhi
  • Our tail followed him to Heathrow where he got a plane to Delhi.
  • New Delhi
  • Delhi, India
  • embassy in New Delhi

You go east, go to New Delhi, go to Beijing.

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Compounds

Delhi belly
  • Informal
1 9.2

A stomach illness you get from unsafe food or water when traveling

Delhi boil
  • Archaic
9.9

A skin disease that makes open sores on exposed skin after sandfly bites

Surface Forms

Delhi main

Etymology

Delhi may come from an old local name Dhillika or from the Persian word dehleez, which means 'threshold'. A helpful way to remember Delhi is to think of it as a 'gateway' city, a main entrance to the region and today the country's capital.