Calcutta

English

Etymology

Anglicization of the same Bengali name which is now rendered Kolkata.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kælˈkʌtə/

Proper noun

Calcutta

Former name of Kolkata (the state capital of West Bengal, India)
A resort in Suriname

Synonyms

Kolkata

Translations

former name of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal

Arabic: كَالْكُوتَا‎ f (kalkūtā)
Armenian: Կալկաթա (Kalkatʿa)
Bengali: কলকাতা (bn) (Kôlkātā)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 加爾各答 (zh), 加尔各答 (zh) (Jiā'ěrgèdá)
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: Калкута f (Kalkúta)
Marathi: कलकत्ता (Kalakattā)
Persian: کلکته‎ (fa) (kalkate)
Portuguese: Calcutá f
Russian: Кальку́тта (ru) f (Kalʹkútta)
Spanish: Calcuta (es)
Urdu: کلکتہ‎ (Kolkātā)

current name of the city — see Kolkata

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