English Explanatory Dictionary

Howrah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A large city and municipality of West Bengal; a suburb of Kolkata; the headquarters of Howrah district, West Bengal, India.
  2. A district of West Bengal, India.
  3. A suburb of the City of Clarence, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Pronunciation

/haʊɹə/

Word forms

Howrah

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali হাওড়া (haōṛa). The name would later be used for a property in Tasmania, Australia, which in turn inspired the name of the suburb in Hobart.

Synonyms

Haora

Translations

Bengali: হাওড়া Chinese Mandarin: 豪拉 Hindi: हावड़ा Japanese: ハウラー Korean: 하우라 Marathi: हावडा Odia: ହାଓଡ଼ା Odia: ହାଉଡ଼ା Portuguese: Haora Russian: Ховрах Russian: Хаура Telugu: హౌరా
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