Bengaluru
UK/ˌbɛŋ.ɡəˈlʊ.ɹuː/
Bengaluru proper noun: a megacity, the state capital of Karnataka, India.
Proper noun
Bengaluru
- A megacity, the state capital of Karnataka, India.
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- Synonyms:
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Bengaluru meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Bengaluru in Hindi
- state capital of Karnataka, India
- बेंगलुरु beṅgluru, बंगलौर baṅglaur, बंगलूर baṅglūr, बंगलोर baṅglor
Bengaluru in Tamil
- state capital of Karnataka, India
- பெங்களூர் peṅkaḷūr
Bengaluru in Marathi
- state capital of Karnataka, India
- बंगळूर baṅgḷūr, बंगळुरू baṅgḷurū, बेंगळूर beṅgḷūr, बँगलोर bĕṅglor
Bengaluru in Urdu
- state capital of Karnataka, India
- بنگلور baṅglaur
More languagesFewer languages
- Bengaluru in Bengali
- বেঙ্গালুরু beṅgaluru, ব্যাঙ্গালোর bêṅgalōr, বাঙ্গালোর baṅgalōr
- Bengaluru in Telugu
- బెంగుళూరు beṅguḷūru, బెంగళూరు beṅgaḷūru
- Bengaluru in Malayalam
- ബെംഗളൂരു beṅgaḷūru
- Bengaluru in Kannada
- ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು beṅgaḷūru
- Bengaluru in Gujarati
- બેંગલોર beṅglor, બેંગલુરુ beṅgluru
- Bengaluru in Sanskrit
- बॆङ्गळूरु beṅgaḷūru, बेङ्गळूरु bēṅgaḷūru
- Bengaluru in Arabic
- بَنْغَالُور banḡalūr
- Bengaluru in Persian
- بنگلور bangalor
- Bengaluru in Thai
- บังคาลอร์ bangkaalor
- Bengaluru in Vietnamese
- Bengaluru
- Bengaluru in Myanmar
- ဗန်ဂလို ban-ga.lui
Synonyms of Bengaluru
Origin of Bengaluru
From Kannada ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು (beṅgaḷūru). The source of the name Bengaluru is usually attributed to [script needed] (benda-kāl-ūru, “town of boiled beans”) from Kannada folklore.
Words formed from Bengaluru
Questions about Bengaluru
- What does Bengaluru mean?
- Bengaluru means a megacity, the state capital of Karnataka, India.
- What is Bengaluru in Hindi?
- Bengaluru in Hindi is बेंगलुरु (beṅgluru), बंगलौर (baṅglaur), बंगलूर (baṅglūr). See Bengaluru meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Bengaluru?
- Bengaluru is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Bengaluru?
- Bengaluru is pronounced /ˌbɛŋ.ɡəˈlʊ.ɹuː/ (UK).
Words near Bengaluru in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bengaluru (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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