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^[1]:

     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

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