Bangalore to be renamed Bengaluru
Looks like Bangalore is in line for an official renaming to either “Bengaluru” or “Bengalooru”. Times of India:
Chief minister N Dharam Singh told reporters in Gulbarga on Sunday: “We will rename Bangalore as Bengaluru on November 1, 2006, to mark the launch of Karnataka’s Golden Jubilee year - Suvarna Karnataka - on that day. I have issued a directive to chief secretary B K Das in this regard.”
The name, however, may undergo another change, for Ananthamurthy told The Times of India: “The name should be Bengal-oo-ru.” The CM spelt it out as Bengal-u-ru.
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December 12th, 2005 at 8:51 pm
It has always been referred to as Bengalooru in regional languages here. It is not new for localites using the local language but a small change in english.
“Ooru” in Kannada means City/Town and i personally think Bengalooru is more apt rather a non descript Bangalore. That would mean atleast one more kannada word would be understood by many.
Mangalore to Mangalooru and Belgaum to Belagawi could be next logical changes.
January 12th, 2007 at 4:08 am
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~~ Pinaki