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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 builtplay

  Familiarity information: RAWALPINDI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RAWALPINDI (noun)


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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