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Calcutta Proper noun

— Calcutta was the name of the city that is now called Kolkata.

Calcutta

— noun (= Kolkata) the largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding

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Kolkata

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Simple sentences

Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun who lived and worked in Calcutta, India.

They have branches all over the world, from Calcutta to New York City.

In 1951, Sister Teresa was sent to Calcutta, then the largest city in India.

Movie subtitles

I remember an incident in Calcutta.

He should buy you rubies and a villa in Calcutta overlooking the Ganges.

Look, I ordered it myself from Calcutta.

You did not have to go begging for food on the streets of Calcutta.

Talk about the Black Hole of Calcutta!

He can't possibly get from Bombay to Calcutta in time for his connection.

Here's the list of the gear we'll need on our journey to Calcutta.

The fact remains that you sell tickets from Bombay to Calcutta!

A steamer leaves Calcutta at noon on the 25th for Hong Kong.

You didn't do so well in Calcutta, according to you.

Striptease in Calcutta striptease in Hong Kong.

I'd picked Johnny Strawn in the sportswriters' Calcutta a sort of lottery.

I was in Calcutta when it happened. and have only now been able to seek a replacement.

Shanghai, calcutta, San Francisco, now here.

Captain of a three-master, the Fritz Thomas, just sailed in from Calcutta.

My brother arrives in Calcutta today.

I don't quite understand Surat Khan's presence in Calcutta, Sir.

Are you staying long in Calcutta, Your Highness?

Reporting our return from Calcutta, Sir.

My dear, you remember the appalling ball in Calcutta?

By withdrawing your forces, you'll be making a friendly gesture which will almost certainly lead to the reopening of negotiations in Calcutta.

Oklahoma City, Rome, Calcutta, Hollywood, Buenos Aries New York, New York, New York.

Everywhere in India we passed by witnesses of Western civilization, having found their strongest base in the big coastal metropolis of Calcutta.

Calcutta?

I thought he was in Calcutta.

Hope it isn't too hot in Calcutta.

The airliner was on a routine flight from Calcutta to Paris.

Calcutta, India.

Who took you in hand in Calcutta?

Are you going to Calcutta?

I was in Calcutta when it happened and I've only now been able to seek a replacement.

I fell a bit in love in Calcutta, a two-day stopover.

You saw that I returned from Calcutta.

She's set to fly to Calcutta.

I had no idea Calcutta had changed so much.

I lost them on the train coming to Calcutta.

Lots of boys from our class are here in Calcutta now.

I have made him vice-consul of France in Calcutta.

Calcutta. infinite city of the lassitude of being.

News and current affairs

The Chinese even began developing a port on the Burmese coast, far closer to Calcutta than to Canton.

The movie shows scary pictures of the consequences of the sea level rising 20 feet (seven meters), flooding large parts of Florida, San Francisco, New York, Holland, Calcutta, Beijing, and Shanghai.

It is easy to see why this movie would appeal to international filmgoers in a way that a bleaker film like City of Joy, which was set in the slums of Calcutta, could not.

There are indications of significant gas hydrate deposits near India's eastern coast, between Madras and Calcutta.