Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for Cuttack. Search instead for Cut+Back.

Cuttack

American  
[kuht-uhk] / ˈkʌt ək /

noun

  1. a city in E Odisha, in NE India.


Cuttack British  
/ kʌˈtæk /

noun

  1. a city in NE India, in E Odisha (formerly Orissa) near the mouth of the Mahanadi River: former state capital until 1948. Pop: 535 139 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

Reporting from outside the SCB hospital in the city of Cuttack, BBC correspondent Archana Shukla described the scenes of "despair, distress and chaos".

From BBC Jun. 3, 2023

Some people met by the BBC ran from the accident site to nearby hospitals before coming to the facility in Cuttack - searching for their families who were on board the trains.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2023

The board, based in Mumbai, operates from eight other cities representing the major linguistic centers: New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Guwahati and Cuttack.

From New York Times Jun. 19, 2012

Last week the people of Cuttack, 220 miles southwest of Calcutta, got a chance to test the truth of Nehru's warning.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Orissa canal system, which lies mainly within Cuttack district, is used both for irrigation and transport purposes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training