Ti balikas a''Kolkata'' ket naala manipud ti Bengali a tern=mino ti ''[[Kalikata|Kolikata]]'' [ˈkolikat̪a] (কলিকাতা), ti nagan ti maysa kadagiti purok a a naam-ammuan idi sakbay ti isasangpet dagiti Britaniko, idiay lugar a dimtengan a nakabangonan ti siudad; dagiti dua pay a sabali a purok ket ti [[Sutanuti]] ken [[Gobindapur, Kolkata|Govindapur]].<ref name="spatialchange">{{cite book |title= PannakaisangalubonganGlobalizing dagiti siudadcities: ti baro a nalimbangannew ngaspatial urnosorder?|last=Chakravorty|first=Sanjoy|editor1-last=Marcuse |editor1-first=Peter |editor2-last=Kempen |editor2-first=Ronald van |chapter=ManipudFrom ticolonial kolonialacity siudadto agingganaglobal ti sangalubongan a siudadcity? TiThe adayofar-from-complete payspatial atransformation nakompleto a nailimbang a panakabalbaliw tiof Calcutta|year=2000 |publisher=Blackwell Publishing |location=Oxford, UK |isbn=0-631-21290-6 |chapterurl= http://www.temple.edu/gus/chakravorty/documents/CalcuttaGlobalizingCities.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=26 Enero 2012 |pages= 56–77}}</ref> Ti termino a ''Kolikata'' ket naipanpanunotan a sabali a kita ti ''Kalikkhetro'' [ˈkalikʰːet̪ro] ({{Lang-bn|কালীক্ষেত্র}}), a kayatna asaoen ket "Talon ni[ti diosa] [[Kali]]". Iti pay pagpilian, ti nagan ket mabalin a naala manipud ti Bengali a termino ti ''kilkila'' ({{lang-bn|কিলকিলা}}), wenno "dalumpinas a lugar".<ref name="chatterjeename">{{cite book |title= Dagiti danumaWater rekursoresources, panagininutconservation kenand panangimatonmanagement|last=Chatterjee |first=S.N. |year= 2008|publisher=Atlantic Publishers and Distributors|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-269-0868-4 |page=85 |url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=lpREeIZQvrcC |accessdate=29 Enero 2012}}</ref> Ti nagan ket mabalin a nagtaud kadagiti balikas ti ''khal'' [ˈkʰal] ({{lang-bn|খাল}}) a kayatna a saoensawen ket "kanal", a sinaruno babaen ti ''kaṭa'' [ˈkata] ({{lang-bn|কাটা}}), a kayatna asaoen ket "nakali".<ref name="Nair">{{Cite book|last = Nair|first=P. Thankappan |title = Calcutta in the 17th century |pages=54–58|publisher = Firma KLM |location=Kolkata|year = 1986}}</ref> Segun ti sabali pay a teoria, ti lugar ket nangipangpangruna ti panagpataud ti [[Kalsio oksido|apog]] wenno ''koli chun'' [ˈkolitɕun] ({{lang-bn|কলি চুন}}) ken coir wenno ''kata'' [ˈkat̪a] ({{lang-bn|কাতা}}); isu nga, daytoy ket tinawtawagn ti ''Kolikata'' [ˈkolikat̪a] ({{lang-bn|কলিকাতা}}).<ref name=chatterjeename/> While the city's name has always been pronounced ''Kolkata'' [ˈkolkat̪a] ({{lang-bn|কলকাতা}}) or ''Kolikata'' [ˈkolikat̪a] ({{lang-bn|কলিকাতা}}) iti Bengali, ti nainggles a porma ti ''Calcutta'' ket isu idi ti opisial a nagan aginggana idi 2001, idi daytoy ket [[Panagnagan manen dagiti siudad idiay India|nabaliwan]] ti ''Kolkata'' tapno maipada ti Bengali a pannakabalikas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~easwaran/papers/india.html |title= Dagiti politika ti panagbalbaliw ti nagan idiay India|accessdate=26 Enero 2012|last=Easwaran|first= Kenny|publisher=Pasilidad ti Nawaya a Komputasion, Unibersidad ti California idiay Berkeley
|last = Nair|first=P. Thankappan |title = Ti Calcutta idi maiak-17 a siglo |pages=54–58|publisher = Firma KLM |location=Kolkata|year = 1986}}</ref> Segun ti sabali pay a teoria, ti lugar ket nangipangpangruna ti panagpataud ti [[Kalsio oksido|apog]] wenno ''koli chun'' [ˈkolitɕun] ({{lang-bn|কলি চুন}}) ken coir wenno ''kata'' [ˈkat̪a] ({{lang-bn|কাতা}}); isu nga, daytoy ket tinawtawagn ti ''Kolikata'' [ˈkolikat̪a] ({{lang-bn|কলিকাতা}}).<ref name=chatterjeename/> While the city's name has always been pronounced ''Kolkata'' [ˈkolkat̪a] ({{lang-bn|কলকাতা}}) or ''Kolikata'' [ˈkolikat̪a] ({{lang-bn|কলিকাতা}}) iti Bengali, ti nainggles a porma ti ''Calcutta'' ket isu idi ti opisial a nagan aginggana idi 2001, idi daytoy ket [[Panagnagan manen dagiti siudad idiay India|nabaliwan]] ti ''Kolkata'' tapno maipada ti Bengali a pannakabalikas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~easwaran/papers/india.html |title= Dagiti politika ti panagbalbaliw ti nagan idiay India|accessdate=26 Enero 2012|last=Easwaran|first= Kenny|publisher=Pasilidad ti Nawaya a Komputasion, Unibersidad ti California idiay Berkeley
