Rawalpindi

• Rawulpindi

Borrowed from Urdu راولپنڈی (rāvalpinḍī), from Western Panjabi راولپنڈی (rāvalpinḍī), from راول (rāval) and پنڈی (pinḍī), diminutive of پنڈ (pinḍ, “village”).

• IPA^(key): /rɑːwəlˈpɪndi/, /rɔːlˈpɪndi/

Rawalpindi

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. (metonymically) The military of Pakistan.
   • 2018 January 5, Suhasini Haidar, “U.S. move against Pakistan ‘welcome first step’: India”, in The Hindu‎:

     “It is a welcome first step. [We] hope it will get Rawalpindi (Pakistan’s military) thinking,” a senior official told The Hindu, although the government issued no formal reaction to the development.