# Amritsar

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #39,678

## Definitions
1. A large city in Punjab, India, formerly known as Ramdaspur and sometimes called Ambarsar.
2. The district (the second most populous in Punjab) which contains this city.

## Etymology
From Sanskrit अमृत "nectar" + सरस् "lake, pool".

## Common misspellings (12)
`amirtsar`, `ammritsar`, `amristar`, `amritasr`, `amritsarr`, `amritsra`, `amritssar`, `amrittsar`, `amrritsar`, `amrtisar`, `armitsar`, `maritsar`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/amritsar