Gwadar

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Gwadar

A port city of Balochistan, Pakistan, situated along the Arabian Sea.
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

Anagrams

Dargwa, gwarda

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