Bangalore

English

Alternative forms

• (official name): Bengaluru

Etymology

From Kannada ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು (beṅgaḷūru). The source of the name Bengaluru is usually attributed to [script needed] (beṅga-val-ūru, “city of guards”) in Old Kannada or [script needed] (benda-kāl-ūru, “town of boiled beans”) from Kannada folklore.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌbæŋ.ɡəˈlɔː/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbæŋ.ɡə.loɹ/, /ˌbæŋ.ɡəˈloɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Proper noun

Bangalore

1. A megacity, the state capital of Karnataka, India.

Synonyms

• Bengaluru
• Kalyanapura (former name)
• Devarayanagara (former name)

Derived terms

• Bangalorean
• Bangalore mine
• Bangalore torpedo

Translations

state capital of Karnataka, India

• Arabic: بَنْغَالُور m (banḡalūr)
• Armenian: Բենգալուրու (hy) (Bengaluru)
• Bengali: বেঙ্গালুরু (bn) (beṅgaluru)
• Bulgarian: Бенгалу́ру (Bengalúru), Бангало́р m (Bangalór)
• Burmese: ဗန်ဂလို (ban-ga.lui)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 班加羅爾／班加罗尔 (zh) (Bānjiāluó'ěr)

• Farefare: Beŋgaluru
• Finnish: Bangalore
• French: Bangalore (fr) m, Bengaluru (fr) m
• Georgian: ბენგალურუ (bengaluru)
• German: Bangalore (de) n, Bengaluru (de) n
• Greek: Μπανγκαλόρ n (Bangkalór)
• Gujarati: બેંગલોર (beṅglor), બેંગલુરુ n (beṅgluru)
• Hebrew: בנגלור
• Hindi: बंगलौर (baṅglaur), बंगलूर (baṅglūr), बंगलोर (hi) (baṅglor)
• Japanese: バンガロール (Bangarōru)
• Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು (kn) (beṅgaḷūru)
• Khmer: ក្រុងបាំងហ្កាឡូ (kroŋ baŋgaaloo)
• Korean: 벵갈루루 (Benggalluru)
• Latvian: Bengalūru f
• Lithuanian: Bengalūras m
• Malayalam: ബെംഗളൂരു (beṅgaḷūru)
• Marathi: बंगळूर n (baṅgḷūr), बंगळुरू n (baṅgḷurū), बेंगळूर n (beṅgḷūr)
• Persian: بنگلور (bangalor)
• Polish: Bangalur (pl) m
• Portuguese: Bangalore f
• Russian: Бангало́р (ru) m (Bangalór), Бенгалу́ру m (Bengalúru)
• Spanish: Bangalore (es) m
• Tamil: பெங்களூர் (ta) (peṅkaḷūr)
• Telugu: బెంగుళూరు (beṅguḷūru)
• Thai: บังคาลอร์ (bangkaalor)
• Urdu: بنگلور (ur) m (baṅglaur)
• Vietnamese: Bengaluru
• Volapük: Bangalore, Bangaluru
• Waray-Waray: Bangalore, Bangaluru

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} Bengaluru (fr), ^{(please verify)} Bangalore (fr)

Noun

Bangalore (plural Bangalores)

1. (military, slang) Ellipsis of Bangalore torpedo.

Verb

Bangalore (third-person singular simple present Bangalores, present participle Bangaloring, simple past and past participle Bangalored)

1. (business) To outsource (an employee, position, or function) to India, especially to Bangalore.
   • 2003, John Wallace, in comp.os.vms [1]

     CPQ UK's order management stuff (which I *think* covers Europe) *was* in the process of being Bangalored.

   • 2004, Christopher Browne, in tor.jobs [2]

     They have gotten gored more heavily by being "Bangalored" than they perhaps deserved, but a "great fall" was certainly in the cards.

   • 2005, Dr.Sahib.Pandit.Shri.Shri.Rainam Ji Maharaj Ji Ustad, in soc.culture.indian [3]

     Even though your anger against Indians is justified given that you have been Bangalored by our sambhar-guzzling desi geeks Swami and Murty - who earn 1/5th your salary and ride to work on their pet elephant *Appu*, it is not fair of you to berate any and every Indian you come across.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Bangalore f

1. Bangalore (a megacity, the state capital of Karnataka, India)

Spanish

Proper noun

Bangalore m

1. Bangalore (a megacity, the state capital of Karnataka, India)