Where does “Kolkata” come from?

Kolkata is the English name for the city, derived from Bengali কলকাতা, an alternate spelling of Bengali কলিকাতা, whose ultimate origin remains uncertain.

Kolkata (English): formerly known in English as Calcutta

Definitions

  1. formerly known in English as Calcutta

Ancestry of “Kolkata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bengaliকলকাতা—
2Bengaliকলিকাতা—

Words derived from “Kolkata”

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