English Explanatory Dictionary

Shahjahanabad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Synonym of Old Delhi.

Word forms

Shahjahanabad

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شاهجهانآباد (šāhjahānābād, literally “City of the King of the World”). Named after Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I (1592–1666), who had it built.

Synonyms

Old Delhi
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