Bengaluru

English Etymology From en kn ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು. The source of the name Bengaluru is usually attributed to dra-okn benda-kāl-ūru town of boiled beans from Kannada folklore. Pronunciation en /ˌbɛŋ.ɡəˈlʊ.ɹuː/ UK en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Bengaluru.wav US Proper noun en megacity/state capital s/Karnataka c/India. en Bangalore Silicon Valley of India nickname en Kamala Thiagarajan Women who are blind play a critical role in identifying possible breast cancers 2024-9-8 https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2024/09/08/g-s1-15690/breast-cancer-tumors-women-blind NPR Introduced in India in 2017, the program is now part of major hospitals in key Indian cities: Bengaluru, Varanasi, Gurugram and Delhi. https://web.archive.org/web/20260823043032/https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2024/09/08/g-s1-15690/breast-cancer-tumors-women-blind 23 August 2026 Derived terms en Bengalurean Bengaluru North Bengaluru South Bengaluru Urban Translations state capital of Karnataka, India Arabic: ar بَنْغَالُور m banḡalūr Armenian: hy Բենգալուրու Bengali: bn বেঙ্গালুরু, bn ব্যাঙ্গালোর, bn বাঙ্গালোর Bulgarian: bg Бенгалу́ру, bg Бангало́р m Burmese: my ဗန်ဂလို Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 班加羅爾 Bānjiāluó'ěr, cmn 本加盧魯 Běnjiālúlǔ Esperanto: eo Bengaluro Farefare: gur Beŋgaluru Finnish: fi Bangalore French: fr Bangalore m, fr Bengaluru m Georgian: ka ბენგალურუ German: de Bangalore n, de Bengaluru n Greek: el Μπανγκαλόρ n Gujarati: gu બેંગલોર, gu બેંગલુરુ n Hebrew: he בנגלור Hindi: hi बेंगलुरु, hi बंगलौर, hi बंगलूर, hi बंगलोर Japanese: ja バンガロール Bangarōru Kannada: kn ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು Khmer: km ក្រុងបាំងហ្កាឡូ kroŋ baŋgaaloo Korean: ko ^벵갈루루 Latvian: lv Bengalūru f Lithuanian: lt Bengalūras m Malayalam: ml ബെംഗളൂരു Marathi: mr बंगळूर n, mr बंगळुरू n, mr बेंगळूर n, mr बँगलोर Persian: fa بنگلور bangalor Polish: pl Bangalur m Portuguese: pt Bangalore f Russian: ru Бангало́р m, ru Бенгалу́ру m Sanskrit: sa बॆङ्गळूरु n beṅgaḷūru, sa बेङ्गळूरु n bēṅgaḷūru Spanish: es Bangalore m Tamil: ta பெங்களூர் Telugu: te బెంగుళూరు, te బెంగళూరు Thai: th บังคาลอร์ bangkaalor Urdu: ur بنگلور baṅglaur m Vietnamese: vi Bengaluru Volapük: vo Bangalore, vo Bangaluru Waray-Waray: war Bangalore, war Bangaluru Anagrams en abeglnruu Lauenburg