Bengaluru/Bangalore (Kar)

Kan: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು beṅgaḷūru ‘Venga Tree Town’  City/Capital/District, Karnataka (Kar) Kan: bēṅga, ‘Malabar/Indian kino tree’ [Pterocarpus marsupium, Tam: vēṅkai]; and ūr/ūru, ‘town’, ‘village’. For as long as I can remember I have been told that Bangalore means ‘City of...