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:
- Madras (beverage), an alcoholic beverage containing vodka mixed with cranberry and orange juice
- a line of summer clothing by Old Navy