Lakshadweep

From Sanskrit लक्षद्वीप (lakṣadvīpa, “hundred thousand islands”), from लक्ष (lakṣa, “hundred thousand”) (compare lakh) + द्वीप (dvīpa, “island”).

• IPA^(key): /ləkˈʃɑːdwiːp/

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Lakshadweep

1. Indian union territory comprising twelve atolls in the Arabian Sea, having Kavaratti as its capital.

• (former names) Laccadive, Minicoy, and Aminidivi Islands, Laccadive Islands, Laccadives

• (union territories) union territory; Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, ^{(Category: en:Union territories of India)}