Calcutta

See also: calcutta

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kælˈkʌtə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Calcutta

1. Former name of Kolkata, the state capital of West Bengal, India
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) 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

Wikipedia ^fr

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