Calcutta

See also: calcutta

English

Etymology

Anglicization of Bengali কলকাতা (kolkata), which is now rendered Kolkata.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kælˈkʌtə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Proper noun

Calcutta

Former name of Kolkata, the state capital of West Bengal, India
A resort in Suriname

Synonyms

Kolkata

Translations

former name of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal

Afrikaans: Kolkata
Arabic: كَالْكُوتَا f (kalkūtā)
Armenian: Կալկաթա (hy) (Kalkatʿa)
Bengali: কলকাতা (bn) (kolkata)
Catalan: Calcuta
Chinese:
Mandarin: 加爾各答／加尔各答 (zh) (Jiā'ěrgèdá)
Esperanto: Kolkato, Kalkato
Finnish: Kalkutta
French: Calcutta (fr) m, Kolkata m
German: Kalkutta (de) n
Hindi: कोलकाता (hi) (kolkātā)
Hungarian: Kalkutta (hu)
Japanese: カルカッタ (Karukatta)
Korean: 캘커타 (Kaelkeota)
Macedonian: Калку́та f (Kalkúta)
Marathi: कलकत्ता (kalkattā)
Persian: کلکته (fa) (kalkate)
Portuguese: Calcutá f
Russian: Кальку́тта (ru) f (Kalʹkútta)
Spanish: Calcuta (es)
Tamil: கொல்கத்தா (kolkattā)
Telugu: కలకత్తా (kalakattā)
Urdu: کلکتہ (Kalkatā)

current name of the city — see Kolkata

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Calcutta, from Bengali কলকাতা (kolkata).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kal.ky.ta/

Proper noun

Calcutta f

Kolkata, Calcutta (the capital city of West Bengal, India)
Synonym: Kolkata

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