Indianapolis

See also: Indianápolis

English

Wikivoyage

Etymology

Coined by American jurist from Indiana Jeremiah Sullivan, from the state's name Indiana +‎ -polis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪndiəˈnæpəlɪs/, [ɪndɪi̯əˈnæpʰəlɪs]

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æpəlɪs
• Hyphenation: In‧di‧a‧nap‧o‧lis

Proper noun

Indianapolis

2. The capital city of Indiana, United States and the county seat of Marion County, with which the city is consolidated.

   Synonyms: (nickname) Circle City, (nickname) Crossroads of America, (colloquial, derogatory) India-no-place, (informal) Indy, (slang) Naptown, (obsolete) Railroad City, (nickname) Unigov

   • 2014 May, Jeff Wachter, “40 Years After Unigov: Indianapolis and Marion County’s experience with consolidated government”, in Abell Foundation‎^[1], page 1‎^[2]:

     In the late 1960s, the political and business establishment of Indianapolis and Marion County used the economic development argument, among others, to consolidate their governments into a single jurisdiction known as Unigov. Established by legislative action in 1970, this city/county consolidation stands out as the only major post-war consolidation to be accomplished without a voter referendum. This report considers Indianapolis’ experience under 40 years of consolidated government to better understand both the benefits and potential drawbacks of unified government in general and the Unigov model in particular.

4. IMS; Ellipsis of Indianapolis Motor Speedway (“The Brickyard”).

Derived terms

• Indianapolitan
• Indy

Translations

capital of the State of Indiana, USA

• Afrikaans: Indianapolis
• Akan: Indianapolis
• Albanian: Indianapolis
• Amharic: ኢንዲያናፖሊስ (ʾindiyanapolis)
• Arabic: إِنْدِيَانَابُولِيس (ʔindiyānābūlīs)

  Egyptian Arabic: إنديانابوليس

• Aragonese: Indianapolis
• Armenian: Ինդիանապոլիս (hy) (Indianapolis)
• Asturian: Indianápolis
• Aymara: Indianapolis
• Azerbaijani: İndianapolis
• Basque: Indianapolis
• Belarusian: Індыянапаліс (Indyjanapalis)
• Bengali: ইন্ডিয়ানাপোলিস (inḍiẏanapōliś)
• Bislama: Indianapolis
• Breton: Indianapolis
• Bulgarian: Индианаполис (Indianapolis)
• Burmese: အကြီးဆုံးမြို့ (a.kri:hcum:mrui.)
• Catalan: Indianapolis
• Chechen: Индианаполис (İndianapolis)
• Chinese:

  Gan: 印第安納波利斯 / 印第安纳波利斯

  Mandarin: 印第安納波利斯 / 印第安纳波利斯 (zh) (Yìndì'ānnàbōlìsī)

• Chuvash: Индианаполис (Indianap̬olis)
• Cornish: Indianapolis
• Corsican: Indianapolis f
• Czech: Indianapolis
• Danish: Indianapolis, Indianapolis
• Dutch: Indianapolis
• Esperanto: Indianapolis
• Estonian: Indianapolis
• Extremaduran: Indianapolis
• Faroese: Indianapolis
• Fiji Hindi: Indianapolis
• Finnish: Indianapolis (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Indianapolis
• French: Indianapolis (fr)
• Frisian:

  North Frisian: Indianapolis

  Saterland Frisian: Indianapolis

  West Frisian: Indianapolis

• Galician: Indianapolis
• Georgian: ინდიანაპოლისი (indianaṗolisi)
• German: Indianapolis (de)

  Bavarian: Indianapolis

  Central Franconian: Indianapolis

• Greek: Ινδιανάπολις f (Indianápolis), Ινδιανάπολη f (Indianápoli), Ιντιανάπολις (el) (Intianápolis), Ιντιανάπολη f (Intianápoli)
• Guarani:

  Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} Indianápolis

• Gujarati: ઇન્ડિયાનાપોલિસ (inḍiyānāpolis)
• Haitian Creole: Indianapolis
• Hawaiian: Indianapolis
• Hebrew: אינדיאנפוליס
• Hindi: इंडियानापोलिस (iṇḍiyānāpolis)
• Hungarian: Indianapolis (hu)
• Icelandic: Indianapolis
• Ido: Indianapolis
• Ilocano: Indianapolis
• Indonesian: Indianapolis
• Interlingua: Indianapolis
• Inuktitut: ᐃᓐᑎᐋᓈᐳᓕᔅ (intiaanaapolis)
• Inupiaq: Indianapolis
• Irish: Indianapolis
• Italian: Indianapolis (it) f
• Japanese: インディアナポリス (Indianaporisu)
• Javanese: Indianapolis
• Kannada: ಇಂಡಿಯನಾಪೊಲಿಸ್ (iṇḍiyanāpolis‌)
• Kapampangan: Indianapolis
• Kazakh: Индианаполис (Iyndıyanapolıys)
• Korean: 인디애나폴리스 (Indiaenapolliseu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئیندیاناپۆلیس (îndyanapolîs)

  Northern Kurdish: Indianapolis

• Latin: Indianapolis f
• Latvian: Indianapole f
• Ligurian: Indianapolis
• Limburgish: Indianapolis
• Lithuanian: Indianapolis
• Lombard: Indianapolis
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Indianapolis

• Macedonian: Индијанаполис (Indijanapolis)
• Malagasy: Indianapolis (mg)
• Malay: Indianapolis
• Manipuri:

  Bishnupriya Manipuri: ইন্ডিয়ানাপলিস

• Manx: Indianapolis
• Māori: Indianapolis
• Marathi: इंडियानापोलिस (iṇḍiyānāpolis)
• Mari:

  Western Mari: Индијанаполис

• Mazanderani: ایندیاناپولیس
• Miami: Ceenkwhtanonki
• Mingrelian: ინდიანაპოლისი (indianaṗolisi)
• Mongolian: Индијанаполис
• Nahuatl: Indianapolis
• Navajo: Indianapolis
• Newar: इन्दियानापोलिस (indiyānāpolisa)
• Norwegian: Indianapolis

  Nynorsk: Indianapolis

• Occitan: Indianapòlis
• Ossetian: Индианаполис (Indianapolis)
• Papiamentu: Indianapolis
• Pennsylvania German: Indianapolis
• Persian: ایندیاناپولیس (indiyânâpolis)
• Piedmontese: Indianapolis
• Polish: Indianapolis (pl)
• Portuguese: Indianápolis f
• Punjabi: ਇੰਡੀਆਨਾਪੋਲਿਸ (iṇḍīānāpolis)

  Western Punjabi: انڈیاناپولس

• Quechua: Indianapolis
• Romanian: Indianapolis
• Romansh: Indianapolis
• Russian: Индиана́полис (ru) m (Indianápolis)
• Samogitian: Indianapolės, Indianapolės
• Sardinian: Indianàpolis f
• Scots: Indianapolis
• Scottish Gaelic: Indianapolis
• Serbo-Croatian: Indianapolis
• Sicilian: Indianapolis f
• Silesian: Indianapolis
• Slovak: Indianapolis
• Slovene: Indianapolis
• Spanish: Indianápolis f
• Sranan Tongo: Indianapolis
• Swahili: Indianapolis
• Swedish: Indianapolis (sv)
• Tagalog: Indianapolis
• Tamil: இன்டியனாபொலிஸ் (iṉṭiyaṉāpolis)
• Tatar: Индианаполис (İndiyanapolis)
• Thai: อินเดียแนโพลิส
• Turkish: Indianapolis
• Ukrainian: Індіанаполіс (Indianapolis)
• Urdu: انڈیاناپولس (iṇḍiyānāpolis)
• Uzbek: Indianapolis
• Venetan: Indianapolis
• Vietnamese: Indianapolis
• Volapük: Indianapolis
• Waray-Waray: Indianapolis
• Welsh: Indianapolis
• Yakut: Индианаполис (Indianapolis)

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Indianapolis

1. Indianapolis

Albanian

Proper noun

Indianapolis

1. Indianapolis

Catalan

Alternative forms

• Indianàpolis

Proper noun

Indianapolis m

1. Indianapolis