New Delhi
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1.3
- proper noun
- This is New Delhi, India.
- New Delhi, India
- New Delhi and Washington
- New Delhi and Tehran
Examples
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A few months later, in September, New Delhi rolled out a red carpet welcome for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Academic text (2013) -
The first three field offices in Cairo, Karachi, and New Delhi opened in 1962.
Academic text (2015) -
I was born in New Delhi.
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The capital of India is New Delhi.
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I remember once back in New Delhi at the zoo--
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To achieve this, Moscow requires a shift in New Delhi's thinking.
Academic text (2003) -
Over time and under pressure from Washington, New Delhi appears to have backtracked on some of its earlier initiatives.
Academic text (2013) -
Both houses of Parliament reassembled in New Delhi this morning... after an interval of six weeks.
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President Clinton imposed sanctions on New Delhi on 13 May, two days after the Pokharan tests.
Academic text (2001) -
I was born in New Delhi, the capital city of India.
Synonyms
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1.0
A large city and surrounding area in north central India that includes New Delhi the country's capital city
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2.5
A city where a country's government and leaders work
Surface Forms
Morphology
The name is directly compositional: 'new' modifies the place name 'Delhi', signalling a newer/modern part or named district of Delhi. This naming pattern (e.g., New York, Nueva York) is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows 'new' and 'Delhi' can readily infer the referent as a city/area called New Delhi.
Etymology
The place name New Delhi comes from building a new capital next to the old city called Delhi. 'New' shows it is the newer part and 'Delhi' is the older city's name, so the name means 'the new city of Delhi'.