"Kolkata" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /kolˈka(ː)ta/ [India], /kɒlˈkɑːtə/ [UK], /kɔːlˈkɑːtə/ [UK], /kolˈkɑtə/ [US]
Etymology: From Bengali কলকাতা (kolkata); further etymology disputed. More on the Wikipedia page. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|bn|কলকাতা}} Bengali কলকাতা (kolkata) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Kolkata
  1. The capital city of West Bengal, India, formerly known in English as Calcutta. Wikipedia link: en:Kolkata Categories (place): Cities in India, Cities in West Bengal, Kolkata, Places in India, Places in West Bengal Synonyms: Calcutta (english: officially deprecated) Translations (city — see also Calcutta): كَالْكُوتَا (kalkūtā) [feminine] (Arabic), كَلْكَتَا (kalkatā) [feminine] (Arabic), Կալկաթա (Kalkatʻa) (Armenian), কলিকতা (kolikota) (Assamese), কলকাতা (kolkata) (Bengali), কলিকাতা (kolikata) (Bengali), Колка́та (Kolkáta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Калку́та (Kalkúta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 𑄇𑄧𑄣𑄨𑄇𑄖 (kalikātā) (Chakma), 加爾各答 (Chinese Mandarin), 加尔各答 (Jiā'ěrgèdá) (Chinese Mandarin), hoilhata (Chittagonian), Kalkata [feminine] (Czech), Calcutta [neuter] (Dutch), Kolkato (Esperanto), Kalkato (Esperanto), Kolkata (Farefare), Kolkata (Finnish), Kalkutta (German), Καλκούτα (Kalkoúta) [feminine] (Greek), કોલકાતા (kolkātā) (Gujarati), कोलकाता (kolkātā) (Hindi), कलकत्ता (kalkattā) [masculine] (Hindi), Calcúta [masculine] (Irish), カルカッタ (Karukatta) (Japanese), コルカタ (Korukata) (Japanese), ಕೊಲ್ಕತ್ತ (kolkatta) (Kannada), 캘커타 (Kaelkeota) (Korean), 콜카타 (Kolkata) (Korean), Колка́та (Kolkáta) [feminine] (Macedonian), Калку́та (Kalkúta) [feminine] (Macedonian), കൊൽക്കത്ത (kolkkatta) (Malayalam), कोलकाता (kolkātā) (Marathi), कलकत्ता (kalkattā) (Marathi), କଲିକତା (kalikatā) (Odia), کلکته (kolkata) (Persian), Calcutá [feminine] (Portuguese), ਕੋਲਕਾਤਾ (kolkātā) (Punjabi), Кальку́тта (Kalʹkútta) [feminine] (Russian), Ко́лката (Kólkata) [feminine] (Russian), ᱠᱚᱞᱠᱟᱛᱟ (kôlkata) (Santali), Calcuta (Spanish), ꠇꠟꠤꠇꠣꠔꠣ (xolikata) (Sylheti), கொல்கத்தா (kolkattā) (Tamil), కోల్కాతా (kōlkātā) (Telugu), కోల్కతా (kōlkatā) (Telugu), కోల్కత (kōlkata) (Telugu), కోలకతా (kōlakatā) (Telugu), Kalküta (Turkish), کلکتہ (kalkattā) (Urdu), کولکاتا (kolkātā) (Urdu), كولكاتا (kolkata) (Uyghur)
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
          "word": "Calcuta"
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          "code": "syl",
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          "code": "ta",
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          "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
          "word": "கொல்கத்தா"
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "kōlkātā",
          "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
          "word": "కోల్కాతా"
        },
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "kōlkatā",
          "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
          "word": "కోల్కతా"
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          "code": "te",
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          "roman": "kōlkata",
          "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
          "word": "కోల్కత"
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          "code": "te",
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          "roman": "kōlakatā",
          "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
          "word": "కోలకతా"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
          "word": "Kalküta"
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          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "kalkattā",
          "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
          "word": "کلکتہ"
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          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "kolkātā",
          "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
          "word": "کولکاتا"
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          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "kolkata",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "roman": "Kalkatʻa",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "Կալկաթա"
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      "code": "as",
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      "roman": "kolikota",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "কলিকতা"
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      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "kolkata",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "কলকাতা"
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "kolikata",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "কলিকাতা"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Kolkáta",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Колка́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Kalkúta",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Калку́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ccp",
      "lang": "Chakma",
      "roman": "kalikātā",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "𑄇𑄧𑄣𑄨𑄇𑄖"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "加爾各答"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Jiā'ěrgèdá",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "加尔各答"
    },
    {
      "code": "ctg",
      "lang": "Chittagonian",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "hoilhata"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kalkata"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Calcutta"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "Kolkato"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "Kalkato"
    },
    {
      "code": "gur",
      "lang": "Farefare",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "Kolkata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "Kolkata"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "Kalkutta"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Kalkoúta",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Καλκούτα"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "kolkātā",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "કોલકાતા"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kolkātā",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "कोलकाता"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kalkattā",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "कलकत्ता"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Calcúta"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Karukatta",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "カルカッタ"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Korukata",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "コルカタ"
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      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "kolkatta",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "ಕೊಲ್ಕತ್ತ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Kaelkeota",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "캘커타"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Kolkata",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "콜카타"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Kolkáta",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Колка́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Kalkúta",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Калку́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kolkkatta",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "കൊൽക്കത്ത"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kolkātā",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "कोलकाता"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "kalkattā",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "कलकत्ता"
    },
    {
      "code": "or",
      "lang": "Odia",
      "roman": "kalikatā",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "କଲିକତା"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kolkata",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "کلکته"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Calcutá"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "kolkātā",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "ਕੋਲਕਾਤਾ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Kalʹkútta",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Кальку́тта"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Kólkata",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ко́лката"
    },
    {
      "code": "sat",
      "lang": "Santali",
      "roman": "kôlkata",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "ᱠᱚᱞᱠᱟᱛᱟ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "Calcuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "syl",
      "lang": "Sylheti",
      "roman": "xolikata",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "ꠇꠟꠤꠇꠣꠔꠣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kolkattā",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "கொல்கத்தா"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kōlkātā",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "కోల్కాతా"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kōlkatā",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "కోల్కతా"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kōlkata",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "కోల్కత"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kōlakatā",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "కోలకతా"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "Kalküta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "kalkattā",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "کلکتہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "kolkātā",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "کولکاتا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "kolkata",
      "sense": "city — see also Calcutta",
      "word": "كولكاتا"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kolkata"
}

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