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Chennai

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Chennai

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil சென்னை (ceṉṉai).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛnaɪ/
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Rhymes: -ɛnaɪ
Rhymes: -aɪ

Proper noun

Chennai

The capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India, formerly known as Madras.
Chennai (a district of Tamil Nadu, India, containing most of metro Chennai)

Synonyms

Madras (former name)

Translations

state capital of Tamil Nadu, India

Arabic: تْشِينَاي m (tšināy)
Armenian: Չեննայ (Čʻennay)
Assamese: চেন্নাই (sennai)
Bengali: চেন্নাই (bn) (cennai)
Bulgarian: Чена́й (Čenáj)
Burmese: ချန်နိုင်း (hkyannuing:)
Catalan: Txennai, Chennai
Chinese:
Mandarin: 金奈 (Jīnnài) (Mainland China), 清奈 (Qīngnài) (Taiwan), 真奈 (Zhēnnài) (Malaysia, Singapore)
Dutch: Chennai (nl)
Farefare: Sennai
Finnish: Chennai
French: Chennai (fr)
German: Chennai (de)
Greek: Τσεννάι (el) f (Tsennái)
Gujarati: ચેન્નઈ (cennaī)
Hebrew: צ'נאי
Hindi: चेन्नई (hi) (cennaī)
Japanese: チェンナイ (Chennai)
Kannada: ಚೆನ್ನೈ (kn) (cennai)
Korean: 첸나이 (Chennai)
Latvian: Čenaja
Lithuanian: Čenajus
Marathi: चेन्नई (cennaī)
Nepali: चेन्नई (cennaī)
Polish: Chennai (pl)
Portuguese: Chennai f, Madras f, Madrasta f
Punjabi: ਚੇਨਈ (cenaī)
Russian: Ченна́и (Čennái)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ченај m

Roman: Čenaj m
Swedish: Chennai
Tamil: சென்னை (ta) (ceṉṉai)
Telugu: చెన్నై (cennai), చెన్నపట్నం (cennapaṭnaṁ), చెన్నపట్టణము (cennapaṭṭaṇamu)
Thai: เจนไน (jayn-nai)
Urdu: چنّئی m (canna'ī)

Anagrams

enchain, inhance

Portuguese

Proper noun

Chennai f

Chennai (the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India)
Synonyms: Madras, Madrasta

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