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Etymology

The origin of the name may derive from North Punjabi or Panjistani words " rawal" (راول) meaning "lake" and " pinḍ" (پِنڈی) meaning "village". The combination of the two words thus means "the village on the lake".

Another explanation is that Rawalpindi literally means the “Village of Rawals” as it occupies the site of an old village inhabited by the Rawals, a group of yogis (ascetics). Some accounts propose that a group of yogis arrived in this area with their leader, a head yogi named 'Rawal', and settled here with their followers.