What does "lakshadweep" mean?

An archipelago and union territory of India in the Arabian Sea. Capital: Kavaratti.

How do you pronounce "lakshadweep"?

Pronounced //ləkˈʃɑːdwiːp//.

Common synonyms include: laccadive islands, laccadive minicoy and aminidivi islands, laccadive, minicoy, and aminidivi islands, laccadives.

//ləkˈʃɑːdwiːp// name

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An archipelago and union territory of India in the Arabian Sea. Capital: Kavaratti.

"Lakshadweep is a union territory of India."

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

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