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* Alternatively, the name may have been derived from the Bengali term kilkila , or 'flat area'.
* The name may have its origin in the words khal ( ) meaning 'canal', followed by kata ( ), which may mean 'dug'.
* According to another theory, the area specialised in the production of quicklime or koli chun ( ) and coir or kata ( ); hence, it was called Kolikata).Although the city's name has always been pronounced Kolkata or Kôlikata in Bengali, the anglicised form Calcutta was the official name

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