Chennai

English

Etymology

From the name of Chennappa Naicker, the Rajah of Chandragiri, a Telugu-speaker from Andhra Pradesh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɛnaɪ/

This is the correct pronunciation of the name of the capital city of Tamil Nadu, Chennai.

Proper noun

Chennai

1. State capital of Tamil Nadu (India), formerly known as Madras.

Synonyms

• Madras (former name)

Translations

state capital of Tamil Nadu, India

• Arabic: تْشِينَاي m (tšināy)
• Armenian: Չեննայ (Čʻennay)
• Bengali: চেন্নাই (cennai)
• Burmese: ချန်နိုင်း (hkyannuing:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金奈 (Jīnnài)

• Dutch: Chennai (nl)
• Finnish: Chennai
• French: Chennai (fr)
• German: Chennai
• Gujarati: ચેન્નઈ (cennaī)
• Hebrew: צ'נאי
• Hindi: चेन्नई (hi) (cennaī)
• Japanese: チェンナイ (Chennai)
• Korean: 첸나이 (Chennai)
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• Latvian: Čenaja
• Lithuanian: Čenajus
• Marathi: चेन्नई (cennaī)
• Nepali: चेन्नई (cennaī)
• Polish: Chennai
• Portuguese: Chennai f, Madras f, Madrasta f
• Russian: Ченна́и (Čennái)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ченај m

  Roman: Čenaj m

• Swedish: Chennai
• Tamil: சென்னை (ta) (ceṉṉai)
• Telugu: చెన్నై (cennai)
• Thai: เจนไน (jayn-nai)
• Urdu: چنائی (cennaī)

Anagrams

• enchain, inhance

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Chennai f

1. Chennai (a city, the state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)

Synonyms

• Madras, Madrasta