Wondering how to use Calcutta in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as kolkata or city.
Calcutta in a sentence
Calcutta meaning
- Former name of Kolkata: the capital and largest city of West Bengal, India.
- A resort in Suriname.
Synonyms of Calcutta
Using Calcutta
- The main meaning on this page is: Former name of Kolkata: the capital and largest city of West Bengal, India. | A resort in Suriname.
- Useful related words include: kolkata, city, metropolis, urban center.
- In the example corpus, calcutta often appears in combinations such as: the calcutta, in calcutta, calcutta high.
Context around Calcutta
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Calcutta
- In this selection, "calcutta" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, management, iim, move, high, university and west stand out and add context to how "calcutta" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by the calcutta high court and 02 at calcutta and next. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "calcutta" sits close to words such as almonds, assassinate and avoidable, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with calcutta
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He wasn’t kidding about Calcutta and the tropics. (9 words)
In 1997, Mother Teresa died in Calcutta, India, at age 87. (11 words)
West Bengal: Calcutta High Court Upholds BJP's Public Meeting Approval Amid Objections From State. (15 words)
Jaswant Singh Birdi, who was born in Punjab and spent some time as a child in Calcutta in West Bengal, moved to Coventry 60 years ago and has served as a local councillor in the city for 16 years. (39 words)
Some of his famous fasts include the fasts he undertook in of the violence between Hindus and Muslims in Calcutta in 1947 and his fast in protest of the communal violence in Delhi in 1948. (35 words)
The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) alleged that the State Election Commission (SEC) did not deploy central forces as ordered by the Calcutta High Court. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Education main IIT Kharagpur The Auditorium at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta University of Calcutta West Bengal schools are run by the state government or by private organisations, including religious institutions.
After completing his B Tech from Technological University in 2016, Siwach earned an MBA degree from IIM Calcutta.
At its Calcutta Session, the Congress took note of Gandhi and the Indian community’s protests in Transvaal, South Africa, seeking the repeal of the province’s anti-Asiatic legislation, and congratulated him.
Hagan recalls Littlefeather volunteering with Mother Teresa’s hospice organization in San Francisco but said she only could have managed a photo op when the Calcutta-based nun came to visit.
He is coming on June 02 at Calcutta and next day he would fly to Agartala.
He wasn’t kidding about Calcutta and the tropics.
High Court granted Narain interim protection from arrest after which he approached the Calcutta High Court Circuit Bench sitting at Port Blair, seeking extension of time.
In 1997, Mother Teresa died in Calcutta, India, at age 87.
In fact, on late Thursday evening, state election commissioner Rajiva Sinha said that he would abide by the Calcutta High Court order.
Jaswant Singh Birdi, who was born in Punjab and spent some time as a child in Calcutta in West Bengal, moved to Coventry 60 years ago and has served as a local councillor in the city for 16 years.
Some of his famous fasts include the fasts he undertook in of the violence between Hindus and Muslims in Calcutta in 1947 and his fast in protest of the communal violence in Delhi in 1948.
State Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that he will move Calcutta High Court over the central force issue.
The Calcutta HC held the governor has the right to delete or not read irrelevant portions or portions which do not deal with the policy of the government.
The Hugli branches off the Ganges about 200 kilometers north of Calcutta, and the river flows past the city before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) alleged that the State Election Commission (SEC) did not deploy central forces as ordered by the Calcutta High Court.
The Second Session of the Congress took place in (then Calcutta) under the leadership of Dadabhai Naoroji.
This is not the first time that a Calcutta High Court judge has locked horns with the top court.
West Bengal: Calcutta High Court Upholds BJP's Public Meeting Approval Amid Objections From State.
When the matter reached the top court, the order of acquittal given by the Calcutta High Court was upheld.
According to a section of advocates, filing a PIL against any judge is unprecedented in Calcutta High Court history.
Common combinations with calcutta
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the calcutta 33×
- in calcutta 30×
- calcutta high 24×
- of calcutta 16×
- calcutta and 14×
- calcutta in 9×
- at calcutta 7×
- calcutta cup 6×
- from calcutta 4×
- to calcutta 4×