Meghalaya
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Etymology edit
From Sanskrit मेघालय (meghālaya, “above of clouds”), a compound of मेघ (megha, “cloud”) + आलय (ālaya, “abode”).
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Meghalaya
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- (nickname by British imperialist authorities) Scotland of the east
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state in northeastern India
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- (states of India) state of India; Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala/Keralam, 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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Meghalaya