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| Noun | 1. The largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding.[Wordnet]. | |
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Date "Calcutta" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1757. (references) |
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| 1737 Calcutta cyclone | On 7 October 1737, a natural disaster struck the city of Calcutta (modern-day Kolkata) in India. For a long time this was believed in Europe to have been the result of an earthquake, but it is now believed to have been a tropical cyclone. (references) | ||
| Black Hole of Calcutta | A dungeon (20 feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as 146 English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula; the next morning only 23 were still alive. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Calcutta Cricket and Football Club | The Calcutta Cricket and Football Club (CCFC) is a cricket and association football club in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), West Bengal, India. It was started in 1792 as the Calcutta Cricket Club by British expatriates who had come over with the British East India Company. The club is regarded as the oldest cricket club outside of the British Isles. (references) | ||
| Calcutta Cup | The Calcutta Cup is a rotating trophy awarded to the winner of an annual rugby union match between the national teams of England and Scotland. (references) | ||
| Calcutta Flag | The Calcutta Flag was one of the first unofficial flags of India. It was designed by Schindra Prasad Bose and unfurled on August 7, 1906 at Parsi Bagan Square (Greer Park), Calcutta. (references) | ||
| Calcutta Hawkers' Men Union | Calcutta Hawkers' Men Union, a trade union of hawkers in Kolkata. CHMU was founded in 1971. CHMU is affiliated to All India Trade Union Congress. Its membership is mainly based amongst food vendors. (references) | ||
| Calcutta High Court | The Calcutta High Court is the oldest High Court in India. It was established on July 2, 1862 under the High Courts Act, 1861. It has jurisdiction over the state of West Bengal and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. (references) | ||
| Calcutta National Medical College | Out of the four medical colleges in Kolkata (India), Calcutta National Medical College has its origin in the then founded National Medical Institute or "Jatiya Ayurbigyan Vidyalaya" on 1st of Baisakh in 1921. This institute is a product of the historical "Non Cooperation Movement". (references) | ||
| Calcutta Times | The Calcutta Times is a free daily supplement of The Times of India Calcutta edition, only in Calcutta city. (references) | ||
| Calcutta Tramways Workers' and Employees' Union | Calcutta Tramways Workers' and Employees' Union, a trade union of workers at the Kolkata tramway. CTW&EU is affiliated to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions. CTW&EU was founded in 1975. (references) | ||
| Calcutta Women's Football League | The Calcutta Women's Football League is the oldest women's football league in India. It is based in the city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) in the state of West Bengal. The league was founded by the Indian Football Association in 1993. (references) | ||
| Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta | The Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, was founded in February 1973, as an independent research centre devoted to the advancement of the social sciences in south Asia. (references) | ||
| Daniel Wilson, Bishop of Calcutta | Daniel Wilson, Bishop of Calcutta, born in Spitalfields, London, 2 July, 1778, died in Calcutta, 2 January, 1858. (references) | ||
| Days and Nights in Calcutta | Days and Nights in Calcutta, (1977) is a work of non-fiction by Bharati Mukherjee and her husband Clark Blaise. (references) | ||
| Hickey's Bengal Gazette or the Calcutta General Advertiser | Founded by William Augustus Hickey, The Hickey's Bengal Gazette or the Calcutta General Advertiser was the first English language newspaper, and indeed the first printed newspaper, to be published in the Indian sub-continent. (references) | ||
| HMS Calcutta | Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Calcutta, after the Indian city of Calcutta (now Kolkota). (references) | ||
| Indian Institute of Management Calcutta | The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) is a national institute imparting post graduate education in management. It is located at Joka, on the southern outskirts of Kolkata city, in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the oldest of the six Indian Institutes of Management. (references) | ||
| La Martiniere Calcutta | La Martiniere Calcutta is the La Martiniere College branch in Calcutta, India. (references) | ||
| Medical College and Hospital Building, Calcutta | The Medical College and Hospital Building (also known as the MCH Building) is the oldest building in Medical College Calcutta. (references) | ||
| National Library at Calcutta romanization | The National Library at Calcutta romanization is the most widely used in dictionaries and grammars of Indic languages. This transliteration scheme is also known as Library of Congress and is nearly identical to one of the possible ISO 15919 variants.The tables below mostly use Devanagari but include letters from Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Bengali to illustrate the transliteration of non-Devanagari characters. The scheme is an extension of the IAST scheme that is used for transliteration of sanskrit. (references) | ||
| Scottish Church College, Calcutta | The Scottish Church College located at 1 & 3 Urquhart Square, Calcutta 700006 is the oldest continuing Missionary administered liberal arts and sciences academy in India. It is affiliated with the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (for the Scottish Church Collegiate School), the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, and the University of Calcutta for the awarding of baccalaureate, post baccalaureate and undergraduate degrees. (references) | ||
| Short Calcutta | This was a Short S.8 Calcutta a passenger flying boat that as a prototype made it first flight on February 21 1924. A total of six aircraft were built. It was powered by three 507 hp. Bristol Jupitor XI engines with a maximum speed of 118 mph., and a cruising speed of 97 mph. Its maximum takeoff load was 22,487 lbs., with a range of 646 miles, and a ceiling of 24,856 ft.It had a wingspan of 92 ft. 8 in.: length 67 ft.: height 23 ft. 6 in. It carried a crew of 4 to 5 and 12 to 15 passengers. (references) | ||
| Short S.8 Calcutta | The Short Calcutta or S.8 was a flying boat made by Short Brothers. It had three Bristol Jupiter engines and bi-plane wings. The two pilots flew the plane from an open cockpit while the radio operator shared the main cabin with the 15 passengers. The Calcutta was introduced in 1928 and was used by Imperial Airways flying the Mediterranean to Karachi leg of the Britain to India route. (references) | ||
| St. Xavier's College, Calcutta | St. Xavier's College is located in Kolkata, India and is named after St. Francis Xavier, a Jesuit saint of the 16th Century, who travelled to India. The College was founded by the Society of Jesus, a Christian religious group started by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1540. Since its inception, the Jesuits have toiled in the field of education, among other things, and were even called the school-masters of Europe at one time. (references) | ||
| Tangra, Calcutta | Tangra is a district in north-west Kolkata that traditionally housed a large number of tanneries. In addition, over the past fifty years, it has served as the location of Calcutta's Chinatown. This is not a coincidence; the Chinese in Calcutta have specialised in leather work and many made-to-order shoe shops are run by the community. (references) | ||
| University of Calcutta | Formally established on the 24 January 1857, the University of Calcutta (also known as Calcutta University) was the first modern university in the Indian subcontinent. It has its main campuses in College Street, Rajabazar, Alipore and a host of affiliated colleges in greater Calcutta . (references) | ||
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| Black Hole of Calcutta | Literature | 1: The punishment cell or lock-up in barracks. 2: A dark cell in a prison into which Suraja Dowlah thrust 146 British prisoners. Next morning only twenty-three were found alive (1756). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Albanian | Kalkutë (Calcutta). Additional references: Albanian, Turkey (Europe), Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arnaut | Kalkutë (Calcutta). Additional references: Arnaut, Turkey (Europe), Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bahasa Malaysia | Calcutta (Calcutta). Additional references: Bahasa Malaysia, Malaysia, Brunei, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bahasa Malayu | Calcutta (Calcutta). Additional references: Bahasa Malayu, Malaysia, Brunei, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Balgarski | Калкута (Calcutta, Kolkata). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Balgarski (transliteration) | kalkuta (Calcutta, Kolkata). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bohemian | Kalkata (Calcutta). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | Calcutá (Calcutta). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bulgarian | Калкута (Calcutta, Kolkata). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bulgarian (transliteration) | kalkuta (Calcutta, Kolkata). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Tai | เมืองกัลกัตตา (Calcutta), กัลกัตตา (Calcutta). Additional references: Central Tai, Thailand, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | Kalkata (Calcutta). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 加尔各答 (Calcutta, Kolkata), 加尔各达 (Calcutta), 印度东北部的港市 (Calcutta). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 加爾各達 (Calcutta). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | Kalkata (Calcutta). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | Kalkutta (Calcutta), Calcutta-Auktion (Calcutta). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | Calcutta (Calcutta). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | Calcutta (Calcutta). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | Kalkutta (Calcutta), Calcutta-Auktion (Calcutta). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek | ίαλκούτα (Calcutta). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek (transliteration) | ialkouta (Calcutta). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguk Mal | 캘커타 (Calcutta), 인도 동북부 항구 도시 (Calcutta), 캘커타 블랙홀 (Black Hole of Calcutta). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hanguohua | 캘커타 (Calcutta), 인도 동북부 항구 도시 (Calcutta), 캘커타 블랙홀 (Black Hole of Calcutta). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | Kalkutta (Calcutta), Calcutta-Auktion (Calcutta). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | Kalkutta (Calcutta), Calcutta-Auktion (Calcutta). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | カルカッタ (Calcutta), コルカタ (Calcutta, Kolkata). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Korean | 캘커타 (Calcutta), 인도 동북부 항구 도시 (Calcutta), 캘커타 블랙홀 (Black Hole of Calcutta). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Malay | Calcutta (Calcutta). Additional references: Malay, Malaysia, Brunei, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Malayu | Calcutta (Calcutta). Additional references: Malayu, Malaysia, Brunei, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Melaju | Calcutta (Calcutta). Additional references: Melaju, Malaysia, Brunei, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Melayu | Calcutta (Calcutta). Additional references: Melayu, Malaysia, Brunei, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | Calcutá (Calcutta, Kolkata). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ruotsi | Calcutta (Calcutta). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian | Калькутта (Calcutta), Калькут (Calcutta), К (Calcutta, Canada, Canberra, keyword parameter). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian (transliteration) | kalʹkutta (Calcutta), kalʹkut (Calcutta), k (Calcutta, Canada, Canberra, keyword parameter). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki | Калькутта (Calcutta), Калькут (Calcutta), К (Calcutta, Canada, Canberra, keyword parameter). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki (transliteration) | kalʹkutta (Calcutta), kalʹkut (Calcutta), k (Calcutta, Canada, Canberra, keyword parameter). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Scots Gaelic | Cawcuttae (Calcutta). Additional references: Scots Gaelic, United Kingdom, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Serbian (transliteration) | kalkuta (Calcutta). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Shkip | Kalkutë (Calcutta). Additional references: Shkip, Turkey (Europe), Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Shqip | Kalkutë (Calcutta). Additional references: Shqip, Turkey (Europe), Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Shqiperë | Kalkutë (Calcutta). Additional references: Shqiperë, Turkey (Europe), Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Siamese | เมืองกัลกัตตา (Calcutta), กัลกัตตา (Calcutta). Additional references: Siamese, Thailand, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Skchip | Kalkutë (Calcutta). Additional references: Skchip, Turkey (Europe), Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovak | Kalkata (Calcutta, Kolkata). Additional references: Slovak, Slovakia, Hungary, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovakian | Kalkata (Calcutta, Kolkata). Additional references: Slovakian, Slovakia, Hungary, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | Calcuta (Calcutta). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Standard Malay | Calcutta (Calcutta). Additional references: Standard Malay, Malaysia, Brunei, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Standard Thai | เมืองกัลกัตตา (Calcutta), กัลกัตตา (Calcutta). Additional references: Standard Thai, Thailand, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Svenska | Calcutta (Calcutta). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Swedish | Calcutta (Calcutta). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Thai | เมืองกัลกัตตา (Calcutta), กัลกัตตา (Calcutta). Additional references: Thai, Thailand, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Thaiklang | เมืองกัลกัตตา (Calcutta), กัลกัตตา (Calcutta). Additional references: Thaiklang, Thailand, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Tosk | Kalkutë (Calcutta). Additional references: Tosk, Turkey (Europe), Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Turkish | Kalküta (Calcutta). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Zhgabe | Kalkutë (Calcutta). Additional references: Zhgabe, Turkey (Europe), Calcutta. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
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| Language | Translations for “Calcutta” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | Cathagalcathaguttathaga (Calcutta). Additional references: Athag, Calcutta. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | Cagalcaguttaga (Calcutta). Additional references: Double Dutch, Calcutta. (volunteer) | |||
| Esperanto | Kalkuto (Calcutta). Additional references: Esperanto, Calcutta. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | (41(|_|114 (Calcutta). Additional references: Leet, Calcutta. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | Copalcoputtopa (Calcutta). Additional references: Oppish, Calcutta. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | Alcuttacay (Calcutta). Additional references: Pig Latin, Calcutta. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran A | kal ka ta (calcutta), kanykoktab (irnto tangpag-po ee haykhao) (calcutta), kalkattax (calcutta), kalakattaanagaram (calcutta). Additional references: Terran A, Calcutta. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | kalcuttaa (calcutta). Additional references: Terran B, Calcutta. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | Cubalcubuttuba (Calcutta). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Calcutta. (volunteer) | |||
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| Latin | 500 BCE - 1700 | Crotalaria juncea (Benares hemp, Bombay hemp, calcutta, Calcutta hemp, Classical Indian medicine). Additional references: Latin, Calcutta. (volunteer) | ||
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