Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (pronunciation: [ˈt̪ɐmɨɻ ˈn̪aːɽɯ]) is a state in southern India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai (formerly known as Madras). Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian subcontinent and is bordered by the union territory of Puducherry and the South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. It is bounded by the Eastern Ghats on the north, by the Nilgiri Mountains, the Meghamalai Hills, and Kerala on the west, by the Bay of Bengal in the east, by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait on the southeast, and by the Indian Ocean on the south.
Etymology
The name Tamil Nadu is a combination of two words. 'Tamil' is the name of a language spoken by the people in this region and 'Nadu' means homeland in Tamil language. The name is thus a reference to the area as the homeland of the Tamil people.
Related Terms
- Tamil language: An ancient Dravidian language spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka.
- Dravidian languages: A family of languages spoken mainly in southern India and parts of eastern and central India.
- Chennai: The capital city of Tamil Nadu.
- Madras: The former name of Chennai.
- Puducherry: A union territory of India. It was a French colony until 1954.
- Kerala: A state on the southwestern Malabar Coast of India.
- Karnataka: A state in the southwestern region of India.
- Andhra Pradesh: A state in the southeastern coastal region of India.
- Eastern Ghats: A discontinuous range of mountains along India's eastern coast.
- Nilgiri Mountains: A range of mountains in the westernmost part of Tamil Nadu, at the junction of Karnataka and Kerala.
- Meghamalai Hills: A mountain range in the Western Ghats in Theni district, Tamil Nadu.
- Bay of Bengal: The northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India.
- Gulf of Mannar: A large shallow bay forming part of the Laccadive Sea in the Indian Ocean.
- Palk Strait: A strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.
- Indian Ocean: The third-largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering 70,560,000 km² (27,240,000 sq mi).
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Tamil Nadu
- Wikipedia's article - Tamil Nadu
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