Submitted Name
SaveType Settlement
Usage Russian, Armenian, Belarusian, English, Indonesian, Kyrgyz, Mongolian, Ossetian, Tagalog, Tatar, Ukrainian, Urdu
Scripts Махачкала(Russian, Belarusian, Kyrgyz, Mongolian Cyrillic, Ossetian, Tatar, Ukrainian) Մախաչկալա(Armenian) ماخاچکالا(Urdu)
Pronounced Pron. mə-khəch-ku-LA(Russian) mah-khahch-kah-LAH(Armenian) mə-kahch-kə-LAH(English) [key·IPA]
[Meaning & History
Means "Makhach's fortress", from the given name MAKHACH and Kumyk къала (qala) meaning "fortress". This is the name of the capital city of Dagestan, named in honour of Magomed-Ali "Makhach" Dadaev (1882-1918), a Dagestani revolutionary.