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Chennai in British English
(tʃɪˈnaɪ)
noun
a port in SE India, capital of Tamil Nadu, on the Bay of Bengal: founded in 1639 by the English East India Company as Fort St George; traditional burial place of St Thomas; university (1857). Pop: 4 216 268 (2001)
Former name: MadrasChennai in American English
(ˈtʃɛnˌaɪ; tʃəˈnaɪ)
seaport on the Coromandel Coast, India: capital of Tamil Nadu state: pop. 3,841,000
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