Karnataka

Karnataka

See also: Karnátaka

English

Etymology

Though several etymologies have been suggested for the name Karnataka, the generally accepted one is that Karnataka is derived from Kannada ಕರು (karu, “elevated”) and ನಾಡು (nāḍu, “land”). ಕರುನಾಡು (karunāḍu) may also be read as "black region", as a reference to the black soil found in the Bayalu Seeme region of the state.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəɹˈnɑːtəkə/, /kɑːɹˈnɑːtəkə/

Proper noun

Karnataka

1. A state in southern India. Capital: Bangalore.

Synonyms

• (former name) state of Mysore

Related terms

• Carnatic
• Kannada

Translations

state in southern India

Arabic: كَارْنَاتَاكَا‎ f (kārnātākā) Armenian: Կառնատակա (hy) (Kaṙnataka) Assamese: কৰ্ণাটক (kornatok) Basque: Karnataka Belarusian: Карна́така f (Karnátaka) Bengali: কর্ণাটক (bn) (kôrṇaṭôkô) Bishnupriya Manipuri: কর্ণাটক Breton: Karnataka Bulgarian: Карна́така f (Karnátaka) Burmese: ကာနတက (kana.ta.ka.) Catalan: Karnataka Chhattisgarhi: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 卡納塔克邦／卡纳塔克邦 (zh) (Kǎnàtǎkè-bāng) Czech: Karnátaka f Danish: Karnataka Dhivehi: ކަރްނާޓަކާ‎ (karnāṭakā) Doteli: कर्नाटक (karnāṭak) Dutch: Karnataka (nl) Esperanto: Karnatako Estonian: Karnataka Finnish: Karnataka French: Karnataka (fr) m Georgian: კარნატაკა (ḳarnaṭaḳa) German: Karnataka (de) n Greek: Καρνάτακα (el) (Karnátaka) Gujarati: કર્ણાટક (karṇāṭak) Hebrew: קארנאטקה‎ Hindi: कर्नाटक (hi) (karnāṭak), कर्णाटक (hi) m (karṇāṭak), कर्णाट (hi) m (karṇāṭ), करनाटक (hi) m (karnāṭak) Hungarian: Karnátaka (hu) Indonesian: Karnataka Italian: Karnataka Japanese: カルナータカ州 (Karunātaka shū), カルナータカ (Karunātaka) Kannada: ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ (kn) (karnāṭaka) Kapampangan: Karnataka Khmer: កាណាតាកា (kanataka) Korean: 카르나타카 주 (Kareunataka ju), 카르나타카 (Kareunataka) Lao: please add this translation if you can Latin: Carnatica Latvian: Karnātaka Lithuanian: Karnataka Macedonian: Карнатака (Karnataka) Maithili: कर्नाटका (karnāṭakā) Malagasy: Karnataka Malay: Karnataka Malayalam: കര്ണാടക (karṇāṭaka) Marathi: कर्नाटक (karnāṭak) Mizo: please add this translation if you can Nepali: कर्नाटक (karnāṭak) Newar: कर्नाटक (karnāṭaka) Norwegian: Karnataka (no) Oriya: କର୍ଣ୍ଣାଟକ (kôrṇṇaṭôkô) Persian: کارناتاکا‎ Polish: Karnataka Portuguese: Karnataka Punjabi: کرناٹک‎ (krnāṭk), ਕਰਨਾਟਕ (pa) (karnāṭak) Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can Romanian: Karnataka Russian: Карна́така (ru) f (Karnátaka) Sanskrit: कर्णाटक (sa) (karṇāṭaka), कर्णाट (sa) m (karṇāṭa) Santali: please add this translation if you can Serbo-Croatian: Карнатака, Karnataka Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can Sinhalese: කර්නාටක (karnāṭaka) Slovak: Karnátaka Spanish: Karnataka Swedish: Karnataka Tajik: Карнотако (Karnotako) Tamil: கர்நாடகம் (ta) (karnāṭakam) Telugu: కర్ణాటక (te) (karṇāṭaka) Thai: รัฐกรณาฏกะ (rát gon-nâat-gà) Tibetan: ཁར་ན་ཀྲ་ཁཱ (khar na kra khā) Tulu: ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ (karnāṭaka) Turkish: Karnataka Ukrainian: Карна́така f (Karnátaka) Urdu: کرناٹک‎ (karnāṭak) Vietnamese: Karnataka Waray-Waray: Karnataka Welsh: Karnataka Western Panjabi: کرناتک‎ (karnātak) Yiddish: קאַרנאַטאַקאַ‎ (karnataka)

See also

• (states of India) state of India; Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal ^{(Category: en:States of India)}

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Karnataka

1. Karnataka (a state of India)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Karnataka f

1. Karnataka (a state in southern India)