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Calcutta

Calcutta

English

Proper noun

Calcutta

Former name of Kolkata (the state capital of West Bengal, India)
A resort in Suriname

Synonyms

Kolkata

Translations

former name of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal

Arabic: كَالْكُوتَا f ‎(kalkūtā)
Armenian: Կալկաթա ‎(Kalkatʿa)
Bengali: কলকাতা (bn) ‎(Kôlkātā)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 加爾各答 (zh), 加尔各答 (zh) ‎(Jiā'ěrgèdá)
Finnish: Kalkutta
French: Calcutta (fr) m, Kolkata m
German: Kalkutta (de) n
Hindi: कोलकाता (hi) ‎(Kolkātā)

Hungarian: Kalkutta (hu)
Japanese: カルカッタ ‎(Karukatta)
Korean: 캘커타 ‎(Kaelkeota)
Macedonian: Калкута f ‎(Kalkúta)
Marathi: कलकत्ता ‎(Kalakattā)
Portuguese: Calcutá f
Russian: Кальку́тта (ru) f ‎(Kalʹkútta)
Spanish: Calcuta (es)
Urdu: کلکتہ ‎(Kolkātā)

current name of the city — see Kolkata