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Meaning of Kollywood | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

/ˈkɒ.li.wʊd/

Definitions

The Tamil film industry located in Kodambakkam in Chennai, southern India.
informal
The Nepali film industry located in Kathmandu, Nepal.
informal

Examples

“When I returned to the movie Ghilli, a Kollywood classic (Kollywood being the informal name for Tamil cinema) that I loved as a kid, I couldn’t help but question why the story continues romantically, without question, after the heroine is slapped by the supposed love of her life.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Kolman Kolmogorov complexity Kolmogorov randomness Kolmogorov space Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theorem Köln