Bangalore

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Etymology

From Kannada ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು (beṅgaḷūru). The source of the name Bengaluru is usually attributed to Benga-val-ooru (City of Guards) in Old Kannada or Benda-kaal-ooru (Town of Boiled Beans) from Kannada folklore.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbæŋɡəlɔː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"b{Ng@lor/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)

Proper noun

Bangalore

1. The state capital of Karnataka (India).

Translations

state capital of Karnataka, India

Arabic: بنغالور (ar) (banghaluur) m. Armenian: Բենգալուրու (hy) (Bengaluru) Bengali: বেঙ্গালুরু (bn) Chinese: Mandarin: 班加羅爾 (cmn), 班加罗尔 (cmn) (Bānjiāluó'ěr) French: Bangalore (fr) m., Bengaluru (fr) m. Georgian: ბენგალურუ (ka) German: Bangalore (de) n., Bengaluru (de) n. Gujarati: બેંગલોર (gu) Hebrew: בנגלור (he) Hindi: बंगलूर (hi) (baṅgalūr), बंगलोर (hi) (baṅgalor) Japanese: バンガロール (ja) (Bangarōru) Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು (kn) (beṅgaḷūru)

Korean: 벵갈루루 (ko) (Benggalluru) Malayalam: ബെംഗളൂരു (ml) Marathi: बंगलोर (mr) Persian: بنگالورو (fa) Polish: Bangalur (pl) m. Russian: Бангалор (ru) (Bangalór) m., Бенгалуру (ru) (Bengalúru) m. Spanish: Bangalore (es) m. Tamil: பெங்களூர் (ta) Telugu: బెంగుళూరు (te) Urdu: بنگلور (ur) Vietnamese: Bengaluru (vi) Volapük: Bangalore (vo), Bangaluru (vo) Waray: Bangalore, Bangaluru

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French: Bengaluru, Bangalore

Synonyms

• Bengaluru
• Kalyanapura (former name)
• Devarayanagara (former name)

Verb

Bangalore (third-person singular simple present Bangalores, present participle Bangaloring, simple past and past participle Bangalored)

1. (business) To outsource (an employee, position, or function) to India, especially to Bangalore.
   • 2003, John Wallace, in comp.os.vms [1]

     CPQ UK's order management stuff (which I *think* covers Europe) *was* in the process of being Bangalored.

   • 2004, Christopher Browne, in tor.jobs [2]

     They have gotten gored more heavily by being "Bangalored" than they perhaps deserved, but a "great fall" was certainly in the cards.

   • 2005, Dr.Sahib.Pandit.Shri.Shri.Rainam Ji Maharaj Ji Ustad, in soc.culture.indian [3]

     Even though your anger against Indians is justified given that you have been Bangalored by our sambhar-guzzling desi geeks Swami and Murty - who earn 1/5th your salary and ride to work on their pet elephant *Appu* , it is not fair of you to berate any and every Indian you come across.