Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: calcutta
IPA transcription: [k,ælk'ʌtə]
Pronunciations of calcutta
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Kolkata, Calcutta
    Meaning: the largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding
Usage examples
  • Dillon returned to Calcutta.
  • according to the version of the Calcutta Edition
  • The business had gone on without him very well during his absence, and it went on without him now, for his place in India had been assumed by a very clever man, who for twenty years had acted as cashier in the Calcutta house.
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