Calcutta
former name of Kolkata (but sometimes still used).
(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.
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How to use Calcutta in a sentence
He’s never been outside of Calcutta, and lives vicariously through Rahamat, daydreaming of caravans slowly making their way through high mountain passes.
The One Story That Captures the Immigrant Experience Like No Other | Suketu Mehta | September 17, 2021 | TimeOutnumbered five to one in Britain, Scots made up 60 percent of the merchants in Bengal, Calcutta and Madras.
Scotland’s ‘Yes’ Campaign and the Myth of Scottish Equality | Noah Caldwell | September 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTwo brothers from Calcutta face divergent fates, one tragic and one beholden to that tragedy.
Patients Trapped in Calcutta Hospital A fire broke out in a Calcutta hospital Friday, killing more than 80 people.
In the summer of 2006, an obscure mullah in Calcutta seemed desperate for some media attention.
Another is for education travel, to see the Taj Mahal and Calcutta and Delhi.
Here it broke into the Calcutta and Bombay branches, each nearly a thousand miles in length.
The Red Year | Louis TracyEach day he was sending serenely confident telegrams to Calcutta and receiving equally reassuring ones from a fatuous Viceroy.
The Red Year | Louis TracyI have seen a set of cut-glass sent to Calcutta for the purpose, or a girandole, too handsome for Brazilian purchasers.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamEvery evening, before sunset, all the fashionable world of Calcutta streams hitherward.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferCalcutta, in India, taken by Surajah Dowla: of 146 prisoners put into a dungeon called the "black hole," 123 were suffocated.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
British Dictionary definitions for Calcutta
/ (kælˈkʌtə) /
the former official name (still widely used) of Kolkata
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Cultural definitions for Calcutta
Largest city in India, located in the eastern part of the country on the Hooghly River.
Notes for Calcutta
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