Kathmandu

See also: Káthmandu and Káthmándú

English

Alternative forms

Katmandu

Etymology

From Nepali काठमाडौं (kāṭhmāḍa͠u), from Sanskrit काष्ठमण्डप (kāṣṭhamaṇḍapa), from काष्ठ (kāṣṭha, “wood”) + मण्डप (maṇḍapa, “pavilion”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkætmænˈduː/
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Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun

Kathmandu

The capital city of Nepal.

Translations

capital city of Nepal

Albanian: Kathmandu
Amharic: ካትማንዱ (katmandu)
Arabic: كَاثْمَانْدُو‎ f (kaṯmandū)
Armenian: Կատմանդու (hy) (Katmandu)
Azerbaijani: Katmandu (az)
Belarusian: Катманду́ m (Katmandú)
Bengali: কাঠমান্ডু (kaṭhmanḍu)
Bulgarian: Катманду́ m (Katmandú)
Burmese: ခတ္တမန္ဒုမြို့ (hkatta.mandu.mrui.)
Catalan: Katmandú (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 加德滿都, 加德满都 (gaa¹ dak¹ mun⁵ dou¹)
Mandarin: 加德滿都／加德满都 (zh) (Jiādémǎndū)
Czech: Káthmándú (cs) m
Danish: Katmandu n
Dutch: Kathmandu n
Esperanto: Katmanduo (eo), Katmando
Estonian: Katmandu (et)
Finnish: Katmandu
French: Katmandou (fr) f, Kathmandu f, Kātmāndū f
Galician: Katmandú m
Georgian: კატმანდუ (ḳaṭmandu)
German: Kathmandu (de) n
Greek: Κατμαντού (el) n (Katmantoú)
Gujarati: કાઠમંડુ (kāṭhmaṇḍu)
Hebrew: קַטְמַנְדּוּ‎ f (katmandú)
Hindi: काठमांडू (hi) m (kāṭhmāṇḍū)
Hungarian: Katmandu (hu)
Icelandic: Katmandú m
Ido: Katmandu
Indonesian: Kathmandu
Irish: Kathmandu
Italian: Katmandu m
Japanese: カトマンズ (Katomanzu)
Kannada: ಕಠ್ಮಂಡು (kaṭhmaṇḍu)
Kazakh: Катманду (Katmandu)
Khmer: កដ្ឋមណ្ឌូ (km) (kɑɑdmɑɑnduu)
Korean: 카트만두 (Kateumandu)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Kathmandu (ku)
Kyrgyz: Катманду (Katmandu)
Lao: ກາດມານດຸ (kāt mān du)
Latvian: Katmandu m
Lithuanian: Katmandu m
Macedonian: Катманду (Katmandu)
Malay: Kathmandu
Malayalam: കാഠ്മണ്ഡു (kāṭhmaṇḍu)
Marathi: काठमांडू (kāṭhmāṇḍū)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Катманду (Katmandu)
Navajo: Kʼatmandoo
Nepali: काठमाडौं (ne) (kāṭhmāḍa͠u)
Newar: येँ (yẽ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Katmandu
Nynorsk: Katmandu
Pashto: کاتماندو‎
Persian: کاتماندو‎ (kâtmandû)
Polish: Katmandu (pl) m
Portuguese: Katmandu f
Romanian: Kathmandu (ro)
Russian: Катманду́ m (Katmandú)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Катманду m
Roman: Katmandu (sh) m
Sinhalese: කත්මන්ඩු (katmanḍu)
Slovak: Káthmandu m
Slovene: Katmandu m
Spanish: Katmandú (es) m
Swedish: Katmandu (sv) n
Tagalog: Katmandu
Tajik: Катманду (Katmandu)
Tamil: காட்மாண்டூ (kāṭmāṇṭū)
Tatar: Катманду (Qatmandu)
Telugu: కాఠ్మండు (kāṭhmaṇḍu)
Thai: กาฐมาณฑุ (th) (gàat-maan-dù)
Tibetan: ཀ་ཏ་མན་ཏུ། (ka ta man tu), ཡུམ་བུ (yum bu), ཡམ་བུ (yam bu)
Turkish: Katmandu
Turkmen: Katmandu
Ukrainian: Катманду́ m (Katmandú)
Urdu: کاٹھمانڈو‎ m (kāṭhmāṇḍū)
Uyghur: كاتماندۇ‎ (katmandu)
Uzbek: Katmandu
Vietnamese: Cát-man-đu
Yiddish: קאַטמאַנדו‎ n (katmandu)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Kathmandu f

Alternative spelling of Katmandu