Well attestedNamed for a product of the place
madras
noun · first attested 19th century
The checked cotton carries the old name of Chennai.
A light cotton cloth in bright checks or stripes.
Record
- Relationship
- Named for a product of the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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- Step 1
Chennai
- In English
madras
The cloth was exported through Madras, now Chennai, and English named it for the port rather than the weave. The city changed its name in 1996; the cloth did not.
India
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