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Calcutta

cal·cutta

UK/kælˈkʌtə/ US/ˌkæˈlkʌtʌ/ fairly common

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the largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding

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

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