Definitions for Calcutta

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Calcutta Cal·cut·ta

Spelling: [kal-kuht-uh]

IPA: /kælˈkʌt ə/

Calcutta is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 93 anagrams from letters in Calcutta (aacclttu).

Definitions for Calcutta

noun

1. former name of Kolkata (but sometimes still used).
2. (sometimes lowercase). Also called Calcutta pool. a form of betting pool for a competition or tournament, as golf or auto racing, in which gamblers bid for participating contestants in an auction, the proceeds from which are put into a pool for distribution, according to a prearranged scale of percentages, to those who selected winners.
3. a state in E India: formerly part of the province of Bengal. 33,805 sq. mi. (87,555 sq. km). Capital: Calcutta. Compare Bengal (def 1).

Examples for Calcutta

I wouldn't advise you to put on so many airs, just because you've been to Calcutta.

Patients Trapped in Calcutta Hospital   A fire broke out in a Calcutta hospital Friday, killing more than 80 people.

Two brothers from Calcutta face divergent fates, one tragic and one beholden to that tragedy.

In the summer of 2006, an obscure mullah in Calcutta seemed desperate for some media attention.

He did not again catch sight of Captain Rushton while in Calcutta.

I had little or no money, Calcutta being no place for economy.

Another is for education travel, to see the Taj Mahal and Calcutta and Delhi.

Outnumbered five to one in Britain, Scots made up 60 percent of the merchants in Bengal, Calcutta and Madras.

Arrived at Calcutta, the question arose: "What shall we do with him?"

I found him in Calcutta, and I have brought him home with me.