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Calcutta
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calcutta
English
Etymology
en :der bn:কলকাতা
Anglicization of en bn কলকাতা, which is now rendered en Kolkata. Unrelated to en Calicut.
Pronunciation
en /kælˈkʌtə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Calcutta.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en @former name of:Kolkata caplc s/West Bengal c/India.
en Randeep Ramesh Speed limits rise as India falls in love with the car w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/dec/05/india.randeepramesh 2007-12-05 The £4bn expressways form a diamond linking Delhi with the country's three other largest cities, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta, marking the beginning of more than £35bn of road projects. https://web.archive.org/web/20210224002552/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/dec/05/india.randeepramesh
en resort c/Suriname.
Synonyms
en Kolkata
Derived terms
en Calcutta Time
en Calcuttan
Translations
former name of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal
Afrikaans: af Kolkata
Arabic: ar كَالْكُوتَا f kalkūtā
Armenian: hy Կալկաթա
Bengali: bn কলকাতা
Bulgarian: bg Калку́та f
Catalan: ca Calcuta
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 加爾各答 Jiā'ěrgèdá
Esperanto: eo Kolkato, eo Kalkato
Finnish: fi Kalkutta
French: fr Calcutta m, fr Kolkata m
German: de Kalkutta n
Gujarati: gu કલકત્તા, gu કોલકાતા
Hindi: hi कोलकाता
Hungarian: hu Kalkutta
Japanese: ja カルカッタ Karukatta
Korean: ko ^캘커타
Macedonian: mk Калку́та f
Marathi: mr कलकत्ता
Odia: or କଲିକତା, or କୋଲକାତା
Persian: fa کلکته kalkate
Polish: pl Kalkuta f
Portuguese: pt Calcutá f
Russian: ru Кальку́тта f
Spanish: es Calcuta
Tamil: ta கொல்கத்தா
Telugu: te కలకత్తా
Urdu: ur کلکتہ Kalkatā
current name of the city Kolkata
French
fr:
Etymology
fr en Calcutta, from fr bn কলকাতা.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
fr capital city s/West Bengal c/India Kolkata Calcutta
fr Kolkata