Sub-area in Malayalam

ഉപമേഖല (upamekhala) is a sub-area or sub-zone, the prefix for sub joined to the word for zone. Say u-pa-me-kha-la. It is administrative vocabulary, the kind that lives in planning documents.

Most common translation

ഉപമേഖല (upamekhala)

Sub-area, sub-zone.

ഈ ഉപമേഖലയിൽ മഴ കുറവാണ്.

ee upamekhalayil mazha kuravaan.

There is little rain in this sub-zone.

Dictionary entry

That prefix is the standard Malayalam way of making a sub word, and it works the same in sub-committee and sub-consciousness.

Common questions

How do you say sub-area in Malayalam?

A sub-area is ഉപമേഖല (upamekhala).

Is upamekhala used in ordinary speech?

Hardly ever. It appears in official reports and zoning papers, and a speaker would simply name the smaller area instead.