How to pronounce kolkata

Listen to kolkata in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.

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“kolkata” in real sentences

90 clips in the index · 1 American · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.

  1. time of placi from Kolkata from Mushidabad to the EIC headquarters in Kolkata.

    British Library · hear it here

  2. I'm uh Will Douty from the Kolkata District Council.

    RNZ · hear it here

  3. women as hawkers one is a kolkata periwalla dhaka rasta rawaj by

    British Library · hear it here

  4. Take Indian artist Gaganendranath Tagore’s painting of a Kolkata bazaar from the early 1920s.

    CrashCourse · hear it here

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