# Rawalpindi

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /rɑːwəlˈpɪndi/ · frequency rank #41,837

## Definitions
1. A city in Punjab province, Pakistan, the capital of the district of the same name and the headquarters of the Pakistani military.
2. A district of Punjab, Pakistan.
3. The military of Pakistan.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu راولپنڈی (rāvalpinḍī), from Western Punjabi راولپنڈی (rāvalpinḍī), from راول (rāval) and پنڈی (pinḍī), diminutive of پنڈ (pinḍ, “village”). The metonymical sense is from the Joint Staff Headquarters, the headquarters of the Pakistan Armed Forces located in that city.

## Common misspellings (15)
`arwalpindi`, `raawlpindi`, `rawalipndi`, `rawallpindi`, `rawalpidni`, `rawalpinddi`, `rawalpinid`, `rawalpinndi`, `rawalpnidi`, `rawalppindi`, `rawaplindi`, `rawlapindi`, `rawwalpindi`, `rrawalpindi`, `rwaalpindi`

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