Bhopal

English

Etymology

From Hindi भोपाल (bhopāl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəʊˈpɑːl/

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• (India) IPA^(key): /bʱoːˈpaːl/
• Rhymes: -ɑːl

Proper noun

Bhopal

1. The state capital of Madhya Pradesh, India.
2. (by extension) The 1984 leak of toxic gas in this city, resulting in thousands of deaths and over half a million injuries.
3. A district of Madhya Pradesh, India, containing the city of the same name.
4. A former state in India, containing the city of the same name.

Translations

capital of Madhya Pradesh, India

• Arabic: بْهُوبَال m (bhōbāl)
• Bengali: ভোপাল (bn) (bhōpal)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 博帕爾／博帕尔 (zh) (Bópà'ěr)

• Greek: Μποπάλ (el) n (Bopál)
• Hebrew: בופאל (bopál)
• Hindi: भोपाल (hi) (bhopāl)
• Japanese: ボーパール (Bōpāru)
• Malayalam: ഭോപ്പാൽ (bhōppāl)
• Marathi: भोपाळ (bhopāḷ)
• Punjabi: ਭੋਪਾਲ (bhopāl)
• Russian: Бхопа́л m (Bxopál)
• Telugu: భోపాల్ (bhōpāl)
• Urdu: بھوپال (bhopāl)