Chennai

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil சென்னை (ceṉṉai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛnaɪ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnaɪ
• Rhymes: -aɪ

Proper noun

Chennai

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

Synonyms

• Madras (former name)

Translations

state capital of Tamil Nadu, India

• Arabic: تْشِينَاي m (tšināy)
• Armenian: Չեննայ (Čʻennay)
• Assamese: চেন্নাই (sennai)
• Bengali: চেন্নাই (bn) (cennai)
• Bulgarian: Чена́й (Čenáj)
• Burmese: ချန်နိုင်း (hkyannuing:)
• Catalan: Txennai, Chennai
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金奈 (Jīnnài) (Mainland China), 清奈 (Qīngnài) (Taiwan), 真奈 (Zhēnnài) (Malaysia, Singapore)

• Dutch: Chennai (nl)
• Farefare: Sennai
• Finnish: Chennai
• French: Chennai (fr)
• German: Chennai (de)
• Greek: Τσεννάι (el) f (Tsennái)
• Gujarati: ચેન્નઈ (cennaī)
• Hebrew: צ'נאי
• Hindi: चेन्नई (hi) (cennaī)
• Japanese: チェンナイ (Chennai)
• Kannada: ಚೆನ್ನೈ (kn) (cennai)
• Korean: 첸나이 (Chennai)
• Latvian: Čenaja
• Lithuanian: Čenajus
• Marathi: चेन्नई (cennaī)
• Nepali: चेन्नई (cennaī)
• Polish: Chennai (pl)
• Portuguese: Chennai f, Madras f, Madrasta f
• Punjabi: ਚੇਨਈ (cenaī)
• Russian: Ченна́и (Čennái)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ченај m

  Roman: Čenaj m

• Swedish: Chennai
• Tamil: சென்னை (ta) (ceṉṉai)
• Telugu: చెన్నై (cennai), చెన్నపట్నం (cennapaṭnaṁ), చెన్నపట్టణము (cennapaṭṭaṇamu)
• Thai: เจนไน (jayn-nai)
• Urdu: چنّئی m (canna'ī)

Anagrams

• enchain, inhance

Portuguese

Proper noun

Chennai f

1. Chennai (the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India)

   Synonyms: Madras, Madrasta