Chennai

E12324
City District Metropolis

Chennai is a major coastal metropolis in southern India, serving as the capital of Tamil Nadu and a key cultural, economic, and automotive hub.

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All labels observed (21)

Label Occurrences
Chennai canonical 554
Madras 46
Chennai metropolitan area 21

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf City ⓘ
District ⓘ
Metropolis ⓘ
administrativeBody Greater Chennai Corporation ⓘ
beach Elliot’s Beach ⓘ
Marina Beach ⓘ
capitalOf Tamil Nadu ⓘ
climate Tropical wet and dry climate ⓘ
coastline Coromandel Coast ⓘ
surface form: Bay of Bengal coast
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
educationalInstitution Anna University ⓘ
Indian Institute of Technology Madras ⓘ
University of Madras ⓘ
formerName Chennai self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Madras
governingType Municipal corporation ⓘ
hasAirport Chennai International Airport ⓘ
hasMetroSystem Chennai Metro ⓘ
hasMonument Fort St. George ⓘ
Valluvar Kottam ⓘ
hasMuseum Government Museum, Chennai ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Chennai Central railway station ⓘ
Chennai Egmore railway station ⓘ
hasSeaport Madras Port ⓘ
surface form: Chennai Port

Kamarajar Port ⓘ
hasTemple Kapaleeshwarar Temple ⓘ
Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane ⓘ
hasZoo Arignar Anna Zoological Park ⓘ
isCoastalCity true ⓘ
judicialBody Madras High Court ⓘ
knownFor Automotive industry ⓘ
Bharatanatyam ⓘ
Carnatic music ⓘ
Classical music and dance ⓘ
Information technology industry ⓘ
legislativeBody Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn Tamil Nadu ⓘ
locatedOn Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Coromandel Coast ⓘ
nickname Detroit of India ⓘ
Gateway to South India ⓘ
officialLanguage Tamil ⓘ
region South India ⓘ
religionMajority Hinduism ⓘ
river Adyar River ⓘ
Cooum River ⓘ
sportsFacility Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai ⓘ
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium ⓘ
sportsTeam Chennai Super Kings ⓘ
stateGovernmentSeat Government of Tamil Nadu ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset +05:30 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode TN-01 ⓘ

Referenced by (683)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

India → hasMajorCity → Chennai ⓘ
Madras Presidency → capital → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras
Madras Presidency → notableCity → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras
Thomas Pitt (grandfather, Governor of Madras) → governed → Chennai ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Pitt
this entity surface form: Madras
Presidency College, Madras → locatedIn → Chennai ⓘ
Presidency College, Madras → city → Chennai ⓘ
Indian Ocean → hasMajorPort → Chennai ⓘ
British East India Company → establishedTradingPost → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras
M. S. Swaminathan → placeOfDeath → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Veer Savarkar International Airport → connectsTo → Chennai ⓘ
Chennai → formerName → Chennai self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras
Annie Besant → residence → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras
Chennai English → spokenIn → Chennai ⓘ
British Indian Army → garrison → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras
New Delhi Railway Station → connectsTo → Chennai ⓘ
Royal Indian Navy mutiny → location → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras
C. Rajagopalachari → placeOfDeath → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras
Ganesh Chaturthi → publicCelebrationCenters → Chennai ⓘ
Coromandel Coast → hasMajorPort → Chennai ⓘ
Coromandel Coast → hasCity → Chennai ⓘ
Padma Lakshmi → birthPlace → Chennai ⓘ
South India → hasMajorCity → Chennai ⓘ
D. Udaya Kumar → placeOfBirth → Chennai ⓘ
Odisha (parts) → governedFrom → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras
Fort St. George → locatedIn → Chennai ⓘ
Fort St. George → formerNameOfCity → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras
Fort St. George → currentCityName → Chennai ⓘ
Fort St. George → nearbyPlace → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: George Town, Chennai
Madras Legislative Council → locatedIn → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras (city)
Telangana (parts) → colonialCapitalAdministering → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras
Madras Port → locatedIn → Chennai ⓘ
Madras Port → servesCity → Chennai ⓘ
Madras Port → linkedTo → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chennai metropolitan region
Tamil Nadu → capital → Chennai ⓘ
Tamil Nadu → largestCity → Chennai ⓘ
Tamil Nadu → hasMajorCity → Chennai ⓘ
Tamil people → culturalCapital → Chennai ⓘ
Tamil cinema → centeredIn → Chennai ⓘ
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan → placeOfDeath → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan → workLocation → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras
Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army → location → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras
Madras Time → usedIn → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras
Madras Time → usedIn → Chennai ⓘ
Madras Time → timeZoneOf → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras
Madras Time → timeZoneOf → Chennai ⓘ
Madras Time → locatedIn → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras
Madras Time → locatedIn → Chennai ⓘ
Kamarajar Salai → locatedIn → Chennai ⓘ
Kamarajar Salai → city → Chennai ⓘ
Kamarajar Salai → partOf → Chennai ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chennai road network