My dream is to study Tamil in Chennai.
Source: tatoeba (8863239)
Chennai
//ˈt͡ʃɛnaɪ//
Synonyms for "chennai" (7 found)
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Proper Noun(2 words)
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Related words (3)
Proper Noun(2 words)
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42 translations across 34 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تْشِينَاي name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Armenian
1 entries- Չեննայ name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Assamese
1 entries- চেন্নাই name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Bengali
1 entries- চেন্নাই name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Чена́й name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Burmese
1 entries- ချန်နိုင်း name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Catalan
2 entries- Chennai name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
- Txennai name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 清奈 name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
- 真奈 name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
- 金奈 name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Dutch
1 entries- Chennai name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Farefare
1 entries- Sennai name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Finnish
1 entries- Chennai name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
French
1 entries- Chennai name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
German
1 entries- Chennai name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Greek
1 entries- Τσεννάι name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Gujarati
1 entries- ચેન્નઈ name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Hebrew
1 entries- צ׳נאי name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Hindi
1 entries- चेन्नई name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Japanese
1 entries- チェンナイ name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Kannada
1 entries- ಚೆನ್ನೈ name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Korean
1 entries- 첸나이 name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Latvian
1 entries- Čenaja name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Čenajus name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Marathi
1 entries- चेन्नई name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Nepali
1 entries- चेन्नई name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Polish
1 entries- Chennai name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Portuguese
3 entries- Chennai name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
- Madras name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
- Madrasta name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਚੇਨਈ name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Russian
1 entries- Ченна́и name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- Čenaj name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
- Ченај name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Swedish
1 entries- Chennai name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Tamil
1 entries- சென்னை name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Telugu
3 entries- చెన్నపట్టణము name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
- చెన్నపట్నం name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
- చెన్నై name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Thai
1 entries- เจนไน name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Urdu
1 entries- چنّئی name (state capital of Tamil Nadu, India)
Sample sentences
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Viswanathan (Vishy) Anand (Chennai, December 11, 1969) is an Indian Grand Master. He was named "Indian Sportsman of the Millennium" and got 11 million children in his state, Tamil Nadhu, to study chess at school.
Source: tatoeba (10111004)
I'm Tamil and I come from Chennai.
Source: tatoeba (12421816)
The £4bn expressways form a diamond linking Delhi with the country's three other largest cities, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta, marking the beginning of more than £35bn of road projects.
Source: wiktionary
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