The name Dimapur springs from the Kachari language; Di suggests that “water”, ma suggests that “large” and pur (sanskritised word) suggests that “city”, translating to “Big-river-city”, related to the which means of “Kachari” that is “people of the stream valley” and when the stream that flows through it (Dhansiri).
There area unit 2 accounts of the approach during which Dimapur got its name : several writers area unit of the opinion that the name ’ Dimapur’ was derived from Dimasa Kachari words Di-meaning water, Ma-meaning massive and Pur-meaning town or territorial division within the Dimasa dialect; whereas others contend that Dimapur could be a corruption of Hidimbapur, which means the town of Hidimbi (of Mahabharatum fame) – the rakshasi-turned-woman whose wedding to the Pandava blue blood Bhima crystal rectifier to the birth of Ghatotkacha – believed to be the ascendant of the Kacharis. in line with the second theory, the name Hidimbapur is conjectured to possess been abbreviated to Dimbapur and afterward to possess lost a consonant to become Dimapur. In some accounts preserved in Dimasa Kachari traditional knowledge Dimapur is termed Dimabang Halali, probably associate earlier name of the town, later Sanskritised. within the Ahom Chronicles, Dimapur Is observed typically as ‘Che-din-chi-pen’ (town-earth-burn-make) which means ‘brick town’ and at others as ‘Che-Dima’ which means ‘town of the Dimasa