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Kolkata
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kolkata
English
Etymology
en :bor bn:কলকাতা
en bn কলকাতা; further etymology en disputed. More on the Wikipedia page.
Pronunciation
en /kɒlˈkɑːtə/ /kɔːlˈkɑːtə/ UK
en /kolˈkɑtə/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kolkata.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en Q1348 en capital city s/West Bengal c/India, formerly known in English as Calcutta.
en district s/West Bengal c/India.
Synonyms
en Calcutta officially deprecated
Translations
city Calcutta
Arabic: ar كَالْكُوتَا f kalkūtā, ar كَلْكَتَا f
Armenian: hy Կալկաթա
Assamese: as কলিকতা
Bengali: bn কলকাতা, bn কলিকাতা, bn কোলকাতা
Bulgarian: bg Колка́та f, bg Калку́та f
Chakma: ccp 𑄇𑄧𑄣𑄨𑄇𑄖
Cherokee: chr ᎪᎸᎧᏔ, chr ᎪᎵᎧᏔ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 加爾各答 Jiā'ěrgèdá
Chittagonian: ctg hoilhata
Czech: cs Kalkata f
Dutch: nl Calcutta n
Esperanto: eo Kolkato, eo Kalkato
Farefare: gur Kolkata
Finnish: fi Kolkata
German: de Kalkutta
Greek: el Καλκούτα f
Gujarati: gu કોલકાતા, gu કલકત્તા
Hindi: hi कोलकाता, hi कलकत्ता m
Irish: ga Calcúta m
Italian: it Calcutta f
Japanese: ja カルカッタ Karukatta, ja コルカタ Korukata
Kannada: kn ಕೊಲ್ಕತ್ತ
Korean: ko ^캘커타, ko ^콜카타
Macedonian: mk Колка́та f, mk Калку́та f
Malayalam: ml കൊൽക്കത്ത
Marathi: mr कोलकाता, mr कलकत्ता
Odia: or କଲିକତା, or କୋଲକାତା
Persian: fa کلکته kalkatta
Portuguese: pt Calcutá f
Punjabi: pa ਕੋਲਕਾਤਾ
Rohingya: rhg
Russian: ru Кальку́тта f, ru Ко́лката f
Santali: sat ᱠᱚᱞᱠᱟᱛᱟ
Spanish: es Calcuta
Sylheti: syl ꠇꠟꠤꠇꠣꠔꠣ
Tamil: ta கொல்கத்தா
Telugu: te కోల్కాతా, te కోల్కతా, te కోల్కత, te కోలకతా
Turkish: tr Kalküta
Urdu: ur کلکتہ kalkattā, ur کولکاتا kolkātā
Uyghur: ug كولكاتا
Finnish
Etymology
fi en Kolkata, from fi bn কলকাতা. fi Kalkutta.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi capital city s/West Bengal c/India Kolkata
Usage notes
The former Finnish name fi Kalkutta is still widely used and is considered acceptable in Finnish.
Declension
sg Kolkat a