Gwadar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu گوادر (gvādar), itself from Baluchi گوادر (gwādar), a compound of گوات (gwát, “wind, air”) +‎ در (dar, “door, gateway”).

Proper noun

Gwadar

1. A port city of Balochistan, Pakistan, situated along the Arabian Sea.
2. A former colony of Muscat and Oman, from 1797 to 1958.

Translations

port city in Pakistan

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓜達爾／瓜达尔 (zh) (Guādá'ěr), 瓜德爾／瓜德尔 (Guādé'ěr)

• Urdu: گوادر m (gvādar)

See also

• Karachi
• Quetta

Anagrams

• Dargwa, gwarda