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What does Calcutta mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Calcutta? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. Former name of Kolkata (the state capital of West Bengal, India)
  2. A resort in Suriname
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These first forts at Madras, Bombay and Calcutta were the principal seats from where the Company oversaw its affairs.
One such woman was Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who will be beatified today in Rome.
It seems evident that while there seemed to be a tilt towards Bombay and Calcutta to begin with, at least the awardees were all Indians.
I could have easily exchanged my name permanently for a Hindu one and begun life anew in Calcutta.
He says that a lot of other old artifacts like weights and measures and some bank ledgers were sent to the central museum in Calcutta.
As we were driving through Calcutta, my friend pointed to a little shrine to a god embedded in a wall just below waist level.

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