Madras (disambiguation)

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Madras is an older colonial name for Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state and India's fourth largest city.

Madras may also mean:

  • Tamil Nadu, a state in India, formerly known as Madras state
  • Madras (cloth), a type of cotton fabric originating in the Tamil Nadu, India
  • Madras Presidency, a former province of British India, which includes most of modern-day Tamil Nadu, with its capital at Chennai
  • Madras bashai, a mixed language spoken in Chennai
  • Madra, an ancient people who lived in northwest Panjab in ancient India
  • Madras, Oregon, a city in Jefferson County in the US (named for the cloth, not the Indian city)
  • Madras College, a secondary school located in St. Andrews, Scotland
  • Monitorial system, a teaching method also known as Madras System of Education
  • Madras sauce, a moderately hot curry dish
  • "Madras eye," another name for conjunctivitis or "pinkeye."

Madras may also refer to: