Kolkata
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See also: kolkata
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Bengali কলকাতা (kôlkata); further etymology disputed. More on the Wikipedia page.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Indian English) IPA(key): /kɔlˈkaːta/
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɒlˈkɑːtə/, /kɔːlˈkɑːtə/
- (US) IPA(key): /koʊlˈkɑtə/
Proper noun[edit]
Kolkata
- The capital city of West Bengal, India, formerly known in English as Calcutta.
Synonyms[edit]
- Calcutta (officially deprecated)
Translations[edit]
city — See also translations at Calcutta
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Bengali.
Proper noun[edit]
Kolkata
- Kolkata (the capital city of West Bengal, India)
Usage notes[edit]
The former Finnish name Kalkutta is still widely used and is considered acceptable in Finnish.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Kolkata (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Kolkata | — | |
genitive | Kolkatan | — | |
partitive | Kolkataa | — | |
illative | Kolkataan | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Kolkata | — | |
accusative | nom. | Kolkata | — |
gen. | Kolkatan | ||
genitive | Kolkatan | — | |
partitive | Kolkataa | — | |
inessive | Kolkatassa | — | |
elative | Kolkatasta | — | |
illative | Kolkataan | — | |
adessive | Kolkatalla | — | |
ablative | Kolkatalta | — | |
allative | Kolkatalle | — | |
essive | Kolkatana | — | |
translative | Kolkataksi | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | Kolkatatta | — | |
comitative | — | — |
Possessive forms of Kolkata (type koira) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Kolkatani | Kolkatamme |
2nd person | Kolkatasi | Kolkatanne |
3rd person | Kolkatansa |
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Bengali
- English terms derived from Bengali
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- en:Cities in West Bengal
- en:Cities in India
- en:State capitals of India
- en:Places in West Bengal
- en:Places in India
- Finnish terms borrowed from Bengali
- Finnish terms derived from Bengali
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- fi:Cities in West Bengal
- fi:Cities in India
- fi:State capitals of India
- fi:Places in West Bengal
- fi:Places in India
- Finnish koira-type nominals
- Finnish uncountable nouns