Nilgiris
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Nilgiris
- County with 735,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 2,101 metres (6,893 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code VWY
- …is abbreviated as “NIL”
- Description: district of Tamil Nadu, India
- Also known as“Neelagiri district”“Nīlagiri”“Nīlgiri”“Nilgiris District”“The Nilgiris”
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Latitude of center
11.4° or 11° 24′ north
Longitude of center
76.7° or 76° 42′ east
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Nilgiris” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ضاحية نلغيري”
- Asturian: “distritu de Nilgiris”
- Asturian: “Nilgiris (distritu)”
- Asturian: “Nilgiris”
- Basque: “Nilgiris barrutia”
- Bengali: “নীলগিরি জেলা”
- Bhojpuri: “नीलगिरी जिला”
- Catalan: “districte de Nilgiris”
- Catalan: “Districte de Nilgiris”
- Chinese: “尼尔吉里斯县”
- Chinese: “尼爾吉里斯縣”
- Dutch: “Nilgiris”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نلجيرى”
- Finnish: “Nilgirien piirikunta”
- French: “district des Nilgiris”
- French: “District des Nilgiris”
- German: “Nilgiris”
- Gujarati: “નીલગિરી જિલ્લો”
- Hindi: “नीलगिरि जिला”
- Hindi: “नीलगिरि”
- Italian: “distretto dei Nilgiri”
- Italian: “Distretto dei Nilgiri”
- Japanese: “ニーラギリ県”
- Kannada: “ನೀಲಗಿರಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
- Kannada: “ನೀಲಿಗಿರಿ”
- Kannada: “ನೀಲಿಗಿರೀಸ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
- Kashmiri: “نیلاگِرِس ضِلہٕ”
- Korean: “닐기리스구”
- Latin: “Districtus Nilagiri”
- Magahi: “नीलगिरि जिला”
- Malayalam: “നീലഗിരി ജില്ല”
- Malayalam: “നീലഗിരി”
- Marathi: “निलगिरी जिल्हा”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Nilgiris”
- Nepali: “नीलगिरि जिल्ला”
- Newari: “नीलगिरि जिल्ला”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nilgiris”
- Norwegian: “Nilgiris”
- Oriya: “ନିଲଗିରି ଜିଲ୍ଲ୍”
- Panjabi: “ਨੀਲਗਿਰੀ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
- Persian: “بخش نیلاگیری”
- Polish: “Nilgiris”
- Portuguese: “Nilgiris”
- Portuguese: “Nilguiris”
- Russian: “Нилгири”
- Sanskrit: “नीलगिरीमण्डलम्”
- Santali: “ᱱᱤᱞᱜᱤᱨᱤ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Nilgiris”
- Spanish: “Nilgiris”
- Swedish: “Nilgiris”
- Swedish: “The Nilgiris”
- Tamil: “நீலகிரி மாவட்டம்”
- Telugu: “నీలగిరి జిల్లా”
- Telugu: “నీలిగిరి జిల్లా”
- Ukrainian: “Нілгірі”
- Urdu: “نیلاگیری ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Nilgiris”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع نلگیرس”
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