Calcutta
pronunciation
How to pronounce Calcutta in British English:
UK 
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Word Origin
- Calcutta
- city in eastern India, named for Hindu goddess Kali.
Example
- 1. Her first assignment at age 18 was teaching high school in calcutta , india .
- 2. Kolkata ( calcutta ) and other cities have missed out on india 's recent boom .
- 3. A manager 's task is to create a working environment that is like fontainebleau , not calcutta .
- 4. I first visited kolkata , better known as calcutta , in 1982 as a backpacking law student .
- 5. The albanian nun moved to calcutta and devoted herself to the poor , be they the terminally ill or orphans .