calcutta
/kælˈkʌtə/
calcutta noun: a form of auction in which people invest in a player's success.
Noun
calcutta (plural calcuttas)
- A form of auction in which people invest in a player's success
Proper noun capitalized: Calcutta
Calcutta
- 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.2007 December 5, Randeep Ramesh, “Speed limits rise as India falls in love with the car”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2021
- Synonyms:
- Kolkata
- A resort in Suriname.
calcutta meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
calcutta in Hindi
- कलकत्ता, कलकता
calcutta in Tamil
- கல்கத்தா
calcutta in Marathi
- कलकत्ता, कलकता
calcutta in Urdu
- کلکٹا, کلکتہ
More languagesFewer languages
- calcutta in Bengali
- কলকাতা
- calcutta in Telugu
- కల్కత్తా, కలకత్తా
- calcutta in Malayalam
- കൽക്കട്ട, കൽക്കുട്ട
- calcutta in Kannada
- ಕಲ್ಕತ್ತಾ
- calcutta in Punjabi
- ਕਲਕੱਤਾ, ਕਲਕੱਤੇ
- calcutta in Gujarati
- કલકતા, કલકત્તા
- calcutta in Assamese
- কলিকতা kolikota
- calcutta in Nepali
- कलकत्ता, कलकुटा
Synonyms of calcutta
Forms of calcutta
| plural | calcuttas |
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Origin of calcutta
Anglicization of Bengali কলকাতা (kolkata), which is now rendered Kolkata. Unrelated to English Calicut.
Words formed from calcutta
Phrases with calcutta
Questions about calcutta
- What does calcutta mean?
- Calcutta means a form of auction in which people invest in a player's success.
- What is calcutta in Hindi?
- Calcutta in Hindi is कलकत्ता, कलकता. See Calcutta meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is calcutta?
- Calcutta can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce calcutta?
- Calcutta is pronounced /kælˈkʌtə/.
- What is the plural of calcutta?
- The plural of calcutta is calcuttas.
Words near calcutta in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: calcutta (page history and authors); Calcutta (page history and authors); calcutta (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); calcutta (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); calcutta (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); calcutta (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Calcutta (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); calcutta (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); calcutta (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); calcutta (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); calcutta (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); calcutta (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); কলিকতা (Assamese) (page history and authors); calcutta (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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