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CALCUTTA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding
Synonyms:
Calcutta; Kolkata
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Calcutta" is a part of...):
Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)
Derivation:
Calcuttan (of or relating to or characteristic of Calcutta or its inhabitants)
