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Calcutta^¹

/kælˈkʌtə/

Where it comes from

Anglicization of Bengali কলকাতা (kolkata), which is now rendered Kolkata. Unrelated to English Calicut.

proper noun

Former name of Kolkata: the capital and largest city of West Bengal, India. 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.
Similar: Kolkata
A resort in Suriname.

calcutta^²

noun calcuttas

A form of auction in which people invest in a player's success

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: kolkata, bombay, madras, india, siliguri, mumbai, maharashtra, delhi, poona, calicut, panam, tripura, gujrat, jawahar, mylapore, panjab

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name former name of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal

Español	Calcuta
한국어	캘커타 Kaelkeota
日本語	カルカッタ Karukatta
中文	加爾各答 /加尔各答 Jiā'ěrgèdá
हिन्दी	कोलकाता kolkātā
Português	Calcutá
Français	Calcutta, Kolkata
Deutsch	Kalkutta
Русский	Кальку́тта Kalʹkútta
العربية	كَالْكُوتَا kalkūtā

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"calcutta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/calcutta. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{calcutta_2026,
  title = {calcutta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/calcutta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}