English Explanatory Dictionary

Chennai

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India, formerly known as Madras.
  2. A district of Tamil Nadu, India, containing most of metro Chennai.

Pronunciation

/ˈt͡ʃɛnaɪ/ En-Chennai.ogg Chennai pronunciation by Eshwer.ogg

Word forms

Chennai

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil சென்னை (ceṉṉai).

Synonyms

Chenappapatam Chennapatnam Chennapattanamu Chinapatam Chinapatana Madras

Translations

Arabic: تْشِينَاي Armenian: Չեննայ Assamese: চেন্নাই Bengali: চেন্নাই Bulgarian: Чена́й Burmese: ချန်နိုင်း Catalan: Txennai Catalan: Chennai Chinese Mandarin: 金奈 Chinese Mandarin: 清奈 Chinese Mandarin: 真奈 Dutch: Chennai Farefare: Sennai Finnish: Chennai French: Chennai German: Chennai Greek: Τσεννάι Gujarati: ચેન્નઈ Hebrew: צ׳נאי Hindi: चेन्नई Japanese: チェンナイ Kannada: ಚೆನ್ನೈ Korean: 첸나이 Latvian: Čenaja Lithuanian: Čenajus Marathi: चेन्नई Nepali: चेन्नई Polish: Chennai Portuguese: Chennai Portuguese: Madras Portuguese: Madrasta Punjabi: ਚੇਨਈ Russian: Ченна́и Serbo-Croatian: Ченај Serbo-Croatian: Čenaj Swedish: Chennai Tamil: சென்னை Telugu: చెన్నై Telugu: చెన్నపట్నం Telugu: చెన్నపట్టణము Thai: เจนไน Urdu: چنّئی
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