Calcutta

See also: calcutta

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kælˈkʌtə/

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /kəlˈkət̪ɑ/, (spelling pronunciation) /ˈkalkəʈɑ/

Proper noun

Calcutta

1. Former name of Kolkata: the capital and largest city of West Bengal, India.
   • 2007 December 5, Randeep Ramesh, “Speed limits rise as India falls in love with the car”, in The Guardian‎:

     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.

2. A resort in Suriname.

Synonyms

• Kolkata

Derived terms

• Calcutta Time
• Calcuttan

Translations

former name of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal

Afrikaans: Kolkata Arabic: كَالْكُوتَا f (kalkūtā) Armenian: Կալկաթա (hy) (Kalkatʻa) Bengali: কলকাতা (bn) (kolkata) Bulgarian: Калку́та f (Kalkúta) 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) Polish: Kalkuta (pl) f 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

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Calcutta

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal.ky.ta/

Proper noun

Calcutta f

1. Kolkata, Calcutta (the capital city of West Bengal, India)

   Synonym: Kolkata