Hyderabad

• Haidarabad

Borrowed from Hindi हैदराबाद (haidarābād) / Urdu حیدرآباد (haidarābād), from हैदर (haidar) / حیدر (haidar, “lion”) + -आबाद (-ābād) / آباد (ābād, “-ābād”, placename suffix). Named in honour of the Caliph Ali Ibn Abi Talib, nicknamed "Haidar" for his lion-like valour in battles.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪdəɹəbɑːd/

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Hyderabad

1. The capital and largest city of Telangana, India, and de-jure capital of Andhra Pradesh.
2. A district of Telangana, India.
3. A former state, landlocked in south-central India, which was ruled from 1724 until 1948 by a line of nizams.
   • 2008, Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 916:

     At Indian partition in 1947, the nizam chose to resume Hyderabad's independent status, but India invaded the state (1948) and took control.

   • 1995, The Indian Political Science Review, volume 16, page 225:

     Maududi was born in 1903 at Aurangabad in Hyderabad, India, into a family with a long religious tradition.

4. A city in Sindh, Pakistan.

Hyderabad f

1. Alternative form of Hiderabade

• IPA^(key): /xaideɾaˈbad/ [xai̯.ð̞e.ɾaˈβ̞að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: Hy‧de‧ra‧bad

Hyderabad ?

1. Hyderabad (the capital and largest city of Telangana, India, and de-jure capital of Andhra Pradesh)
2. Hyderabad (a district of Telangana, India)