Kathmandu

See also: Káthmandu and Káthmándú

English

Alternative forms

• Katmandu, Káthmándú

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkætmænˈduː/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uː

Proper noun

Kathmandu

1. The capital city of Nepal.

Translations

capital city of Nepal

• Afrikaans: Katmandoe
• Albanian: Kathmandu
• Amharic: ካትማንዱ (katmandu)
• Arabic: كَاثْمَانْدُو f (kaṯmandū)
• Armenian: Կատմանդու (hy) (Katmandu)
• Azerbaijani: Katmandu (az)
• Belarusian: Катманду́ m (Katmandú)
• Bengali: কাঠমান্ডু (bn) (kaṭhomanḍu)
• 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 (ka) (ḳaṭmandu)
• German: Kathmandu (de) n
• Greek: Κατμαντού (el) n (Katmantoú)
• Gujarati: ખટમંડુ n (khaṭmaṇḍu), કાઠમાંડુ n (kāṭhmā̃ḍu)
• 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 (ja) (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 (kâtmându)
• Polish: Katmandu (pl) m
• Portuguese: Katmandu f
• Punjabi: ਕਠਮੰਡੂ m (kaṭhmaṇḍū)
• Romanian: Kathmandu (ro)
• Russian: Катманду́ (ru) 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), కాష్ఠమండపము (kāṣṭhamaṇḍapamu)
• 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 (tr)
• 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

1. Alternative spelling of Katmandu