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BANGALORE [1 record]

Record 1 2006-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

... [In 2005, India's Internet technologies hub,] Bangalore, in Anglicised form, will be known as Bengaluru, as pronounced in Kannada.

OBS

... Bengaluru ... is close to the original name, Benda Kaal Ooru, in the local Kannada language [which means] "the town of boiled beans."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

La capitale technologique de l'Inde, Bangalore [a repris, en 2005,] son ancien nom, Bengaluru ou «la ville des haricots bouillis».

Spanish

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