secunderabad

/sɪˈkəndəɹəbɑːd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

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"It was my fate to commence my career in the medical service forty years ago in the presanitary days, long before the introduction of modern methods of diagnosis, at two of the most unhealthy stations in the whole of India — Bellary and Secunderabad."

From Urdu سِکَنْدَر آباد (sikandar ābād) / Hindi सिकंदराबाद (sikandrābād), named after Sikander Jah. The spelling was likely influenced by Latin secundus.

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How do you pronounce secunderabad?

The recorded pronunciation is /sɪˈkəndəɹəbɑːd/.

What does secunderabad mean?

The twin city of Hyderabad Telangana, India.

Where does secunderabad come from?

It is traced to Hindi.

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