Calcutta

Anglicization of Bengali কলকাতা (kolkata), which is now rendered Kolkata.

• IPA^(key): /kælˈkʌtə/

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Calcutta

1. Former name of Kolkata: the capital and largest city of West Bengal, India.
   • 2007 December 5, Randeep Ramesh, “Speed limits rise as India falls in love with the car”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The £4bn expressways form a diamond linking Delhi with the country's three other largest cities, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta, marking the beginning of more than £35bn of road projects.

2. A resort in Suriname.

• Kolkata

• Calcutta Time
• Calcuttan

Borrowed from English Calcutta, from Bengali কলকাতা (kolkata).

• IPA^(key): /kal.ky.ta/

Calcutta f

1. Kolkata, Calcutta (the capital city of West Bengal, India)

   Synonym: Kolkata