Re: [silk] city of cooked beans?

[Rishab Aiyer Ghosh]

so how does bendakal become bengal? why not call it bendakalooru?
 

On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 04:28:40PM +0530, Sthitaprajna wrote:
> Apparently, Bengaluru, the upcoming name for Bangalore, is a shortened 
> version 
> of "Benda Kalooru," which translates to "city of cooked beans." :)
> 
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