Thimphu
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཐིམ་ཕུ (thim phu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɪmˈpuː/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uː
Proper noun
Thimphu
- The capital city of Bhutan.
- 2024 September 16, “A fledgling democracy, Bhutan aims for gender equality and public engagement in governing”, in Deutsche Welle[1], archived from the original on 19 September 2024, Asia[2]:
- Bhutan, the tiny 'Land of the Thunder Dragon' in South Asia, is a polar contrast to what one might associate with any of its closest neighbors, China, India, Nepal, or Bangladesh. For instance, Thimphu, its most populous city, is the only capital city in the world without a single traffic light. The city’s busiest intersection is still managed by a traffic policeman directing vehicles using flamboyant hand movements accentuated by his white gloves – apparently all the traffic intervention the 114,000 residents need.
Translations
the capital of Bhutan
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Afrikaans
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཐིམ་ཕུ (thim phu).
Proper noun
Thimphu
- Thimphu (the capital city of Bhutan)
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Dzongkha ཐིམ་ཕུ (thim phu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtim.fu/
- Rhymes: -imfu
- Syllabification: Thim‧phu
Proper noun
Thimphu n (indeclinable)
- Thimphu (the capital city of Bhutan)
Further reading
- Thimphu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Proper noun
Thimphu f
- alternative form of Timbu
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Dzongkha ཐིམ་ཕུ (thim phu).
Proper noun
Thimphu n
References
- “Thimphu”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025