Punakha

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dzongkha སྤུ་ན་ཁ་ (spu na kha).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈpʊnəkə/
  • enPR: po͝on′ŭkŭ[1]
  • Hyphenation: Pu‧na‧kha
  • Rhymes: -ʊnəkə

Proper noun

Punakha

  1. A district and former capital city of Bhutan.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Seltzer, Leon E., editor (1952), “Punakha or Punaka”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1532, column 1
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