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RAWALPINDI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rawalpindi mean?
• RAWALPINDI (noun)
The noun RAWALPINDI has 1 sense:
1. an ancient city in northeastern Pakistan; served as capital of Pakistan while Islamabad was being built
Familiarity information: RAWALPINDI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ancient city in northeastern Pakistan; served as capital of Pakistan while Islamabad was being built
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Rawalpindi" is a part of...):
Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Pakistan; West Pakistan (a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)
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