Etymology

Chennai

C3H4E1N1N1A1I1

Today it means: The capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, India, formerly known as Madras. Full definition →

Tamil சென்னை
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Tamil · borrowed fromசென்னை
  2. Tamil · borrowed fromசென்னை
  3. English todayChennai

Borrowed from Tamil சென்னை (ceṉṉai).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.