"Madras" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /məˈdɹæs/, /məˈdɹɑːs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Madras.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -æs Etymology: The etymology is uncertain; it may derive from Madraspattinam. See Wikipedia for several possible etymologies. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Madraspattinam}} Madraspattinam Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Madras
  1. Former name of Chennai, the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India. Categories (place): Cities in India, Cities in Tamil Nadu, Places in India, Places in Tamil Nadu Synonyms: Chennai
    Sense id: en-Madras-en-name-uy5QgiJv Categories (other): State capitals of India
  2. A city, the county seat of Jefferson County, Oregon, United States. Categories (place): Cities in Oregon, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Oregon, USA, Places in the United States Translations (city): مَدْرَاس (madrās) [masculine] (Arabic), Մադրաս (Madras) (Armenian), মাদ্রাজ (madraj) (Bengali), 馬德拉斯 (Chinese Mandarin), 马德拉斯 (Mǎdélāsī) (Chinese Mandarin), Madras (Danish), Madras (Dutch), Madras (Finnish), Madras [masculine] (French), Madras [neuter] (German), मद्रास (madrās) (Hindi), मदरास (madrās) [masculine] (Hindi), マドラス (Madorasu) (Japanese), ಮದ್ರಾಸು (madrāsu) (Kannada), 마드라스 (Madeuraseu) (Korean), മദ്രാസ് (madrāsŭ) (Malayalam), Madras [masculine] (Polish), Madras [feminine] (Portuguese), Madrasta [feminine] (Portuguese), Мадра́с (Madrás) [masculine] (Russian), Ма̀драс [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Màdras [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Madras [masculine] (Spanish), Madras (Swedish), Madras (Tagalog), மெட்ராஸ் (meṭrās) (Tamil), மதுராசு (maturācu) (Tamil), மதறாஸ் (mataṟās) (Tamil), మద్రాసు (madrāsu) (Telugu), مدراس (madrās) (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-Madras-en-name-Yf5rhypH Categories (other): County seats of Oregon, USA, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 58 17 Disambiguation of 'city': 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: madras

Noun

IPA: /məˈdɹæs/, /məˈdɹɑːs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Madras.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Madrases [plural]
Rhymes: -æs Etymology: The etymology is uncertain; it may derive from Madraspattinam. See Wikipedia for several possible etymologies. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Madraspattinam}} Madraspattinam Head templates: {{en-noun|~|es}} Madras (countable and uncountable, plural Madrases)
  1. (British) A style of curry dish purported to originate from the Madras region. Tags: British, countable, uncountable Related terms: Chennai
    Sense id: en-Madras-en-noun-fGWL2xV7 Categories (other): British English

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Madras"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Madras"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Madras"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Madras"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "city",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Madras"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "madrās",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "मद्रास"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "city",
      "word": "マドラス"
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    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "madrāsu",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "ಮದ್ರಾಸು"
    },
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Madeuraseu",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "마드라스"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "madrāsŭ",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "മദ്രാസ്"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Madras"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "city",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Madras"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "city",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Madrasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Madrás",
      "sense": "city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Мадра́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "city",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ма̀драс"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "city",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Màdras"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "city",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Madras"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Madras"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Madras"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "meṭrās",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "மெட்ராஸ்"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "maturācu",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "மதுராசு"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "mataṟās",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "மதறாஸ்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "madrāsu",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "మద్రాసు"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "madrās",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "مدراس"
    }
  ],
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    "Madras",
    "Madras, Oregon"
  ],
  "word": "Madras"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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        {
          "text": "I’ll have the chicken Madras."
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    "Madras, Oregon"
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