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Bangalore

name · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌbæŋ.ɡəˈlɔː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈbæŋ.ɡə.loɹ/
  • US: /ˌbæŋ.ɡəˈloɹ/
  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: B AE1 NG G AH0 L AO2 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Synonym of Bengaluru: a megacity, the state capital of Karnataka, India.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Bengaluru

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Ellipsis of Bangalore torpedo.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To outsource (an employee, position, or function) to India, especially to Bengaluru.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business

Examples

  • 2003, John Wallace, in comp.os.vms http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.vms/msg/ce77d22d1295d23f?dmode=source&hl=en CPQ UK's order management stuff (which I *think* covers Europe) *was* in the process of being Bangalored.
  • 2004, Christopher Browne, in tor.jobs http://groups.google.com/group/tor.jobs/msg/15ded27663ed52bc?dmode=source&hl=en 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 http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.indian/msg/f44afa71b51ada83?dmode=source 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

an industrial city in south central India (west of Chennai)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center

History

Etymology

From Kannada ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು (beṅgaḷūru). See Bengaluru for details.

Real reading context

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