Definitions for "Kolkata"
Previous commercial capital of India. Previously Calcutta. Important for Judaism.
the largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding
(IPA: [] Bengali: কলকাতা) (formerly ) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in eastern India on the east bank of the River Hooghly. The city has a population of almost 5 million, with an extended metropolitan population of over 14 million, making it the third-largest urban agglomeration and the fourth-largest city in India.