CountriesIndiaRank 12 of 9816 words11 placesIndia16 English words in this atlas point back to India, spread across 11 places.ShareWordThe placeRelationshipConfidencecalicoThe print cloth is named for Kozhikode, once called Calicut.KozhikodeFrom its productWell attestedbungalowThe house type is named for Bengal.BengalFrom its peopleWell attesteddoolallyThe word for losing it comes from a transit camp in Maharashtra.DeolaliFrom the placeWell attesteddumdumThe bullet is named for an arsenal near Kolkata.Dum DumFrom the placeWell attesteddungareesThe work clothes are usually traced to a district of Mumbai.DongriFrom its productProbablejodhpursThe riding trousers are named for a city in Rajasthan.JodhpurFrom its productWell attestedmadrasThe checked cotton carries the old name of Chennai.ChennaiFrom its productWell attestedindigoThe dye is named for the country it was shipped from.IndiaHistorical nameWell attestedBangaloreThe demolition charge carries the old spelling of Bengaluru.BengaluruHistorical nameWell attestedIndia inkThe ink is named for a trade route, not its origin.IndiaHistorical nameWell attestedBombay duckBombay duck is a fish, dried and pungent, with no bird in it at all.MumbaiHistorical nameWell attestedBombay sandwichBombay became Mumbai in 1995; the sandwich kept the old name anyway.MumbaiHistorical nameWell attesteddoolally tapSoldiers lost their minds waiting for a troopship at a camp called Deolali.DeolaliFrom the placeWell attestedIndia paperIndia paper came from China and Japan; India was only the shipping route.IndiaFrom its productProbableDelhi bellyThe city was chosen for the rhyme, not for the bacteria.DelhiFrom the placeWell attestedindialiteIt was born in a coal seam that caught fire underground and baked the rock around it.IndiaFrom the placeWell attestedElsewhere in the atlasUnited States153United Kingdom108Italy63France57Germany29Greece29Canada22Turkey22People's Republic of China21Spain20Japan18Mexico13Belgium12Australia11All 98 countries →