Suffix of Regions and Towns
Parts of region and settlement names:
- -abad (Urdu: آباد ) means settlement or town. Example: Islamabad, Faisalabad.
- Dera- (Urdu: ڈیرہ ) means settlement or town. Example: Dera Ghazi Khan.
- -garh (Urdu: گڑھ ) means region or settlement. Example: Islamgarh.
- -goth (Urdu: گوٹھ ) means settlement or town. Example: Yousuf Goth.
- -istan (Urdu: ستان ) means land. Example: Pakistan.
- -kot (Urdu: کوٹ ) means settlement or town. Example: Islamkot, Sialkot.
- -nagar (Urdu: نگر ) means settlement or town. Example: Islamnagar.
- -pur (Urdu: پور means settlement or town. Example: Nasarpur.
- -wal (Urdu: وال ) means settlement or town. Example: Khanewal.
- -wala (Urdu: والہ ) means settlement or town. Example: Gujranwala.
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Famous quotes containing the words regions and/or towns:
“Within the regions of the air,
Compassed about with heavens fair,
Great tracts of land there may be found
Enriched with fields and fertile ground;
Where many numerous hosts
In those far distant coasts,
For other great and glorious ends,
Inhabit, my yet unknown friends.”
—Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)
“What youth or maiden conspires with the wild luxuriant beauty of Nature? She flourishes most alone, far from the towns where they reside.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)