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Meaning of "Tollywood" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TOLLYWOOD

A blend of Telugu (or Tollygunge) + Hollywood; compare Bollywood.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TOLLYWOOD

Tollywood  [ˈtɒlɪˌwʊd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TOLLYWOOD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tollywood is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TOLLYWOOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tollywood

Tollywood may refer to: ▪ Telugu cinema industry more popularily referred as Tollywood, based in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India ▪ Bengali cinema, also refers specifically Cinema of West Bengal, the film industry based in Tollygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal ▪ Cinema of Taiwan ▪ a portmanteau derived from "Tolkien Hollywood", used to describe the cinematographic presentation of the stories in J. R. R. Tolkien's Legendarium.

Definition of Tollywood in the English dictionary

The definition of Tollywood in the dictionary is the Telugu-language film industry, based in the state of Andhra Pradesh in SE India. Other definition of Tollywood is the Bengali-language film industry, based in Tollygunge in E India.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TOLLYWOOD


baywood
ˈbeɪˌwʊd
Bollywood
ˈbɒlɪˌwʊd
Brentwood
ˈbrɛntˌwʊd
dyewood
ˈdaɪˌwʊd
earlywood
ˈɜːlɪˌwʊd
Fleetwood
ˈfliːtˌwʊd
greenwood
ˈɡriːnˌwʊd
hardwood
ˈhɑːdˌwʊd
Heywood
ˈheɪˌwʊd
Hollywood
ˈhɒlɪˌwʊd
Isherwood
ˈɪshəˌwʊd
ivorywood
ˈaɪvərɪˌwʊd
Kollywood
ˈkɒlɪˌwʊd
Lollywood
ˈlɒlɪˌwʊd
plywood
ˈplaɪˌwʊd
redwood
ˈrɛdˌwʊd
Sherwood
ˈʃɜːˌwʊd
underwood
ˈʌndəˌwʊd
Westwood
ˈwɛstˌwʊd
whiteywood
ˈwaɪtɪˌwʊd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOLLYWOOD

Toller
tolley
tollgate
tollhouse
tollie
tollkeeper
tollman
tollway
tolly
Tolosa
Tolpuddle Martyrs
tolsel
tolsey
Tolstoy
tolt
Toltec
tolter
tolu
toluate
Toluca

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOLLYWOOD

Atwood
blackwood
candlewood
cottonwood
dogwood
driftwood
Eastwood
elmwood
firewood
from the wood
Goodwood
kingwood
oakwood
out of the wood
pinewood
sandalwood
Wedgwood
Wellywood
wildwood
wood

Synonyms and antonyms of Tollywood in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Tollywood» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOLLYWOOD

Find out the translation of Tollywood to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Tollywood from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Tollywood» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Tollywood
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Tollywood
570 millions of speakers

English

Tollywood
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टॉलीवुड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

توليوود
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Tollywood
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Tollywood
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টলিউড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Tollywood
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tollywood
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tollywood
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

トリウッド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Tollywood
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tollywood
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Tollywood
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டோலிவுட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टॉलीवूड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tollywood
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Tollywood
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Tollywood
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Tollywood
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Tollywood
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Tollywood
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Tollywood
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Tollywood
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Tollywood
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Tollywood

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOLLYWOOD»

The term «Tollywood» is very widely used and occupies the 21.573 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOLLYWOOD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Tollywood» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Tollywood» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Tollywood

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOLLYWOOD»

Discover the use of Tollywood in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Tollywood and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Welcome to Tollywood: Cinema of West Bengal
The early days of Tollywood came about when two production companies were formed, the Royal Bioscope Company and the Indo British Film Company.As Tollywood evolved, more hits came out like "Love Story," "Mon Mane Na," "Ghare Baire," "Dena ...
Dana Rasmussen, 2010
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Global Bollywood
An earlier version of this chapter, “Mapping Tollywood: The Cultural Geography of 'Ramoji Film City' in Hyderbad,” appeared in Quarterly Review of Film and Video 23 (2006): 129–38. 2. Quoted on the Ramoji Film City website. 3. “ Tollywood” ...
Aswin Punathambekar, Anandam P. Kavoori
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Bless You Bollywood!: A Tribute to Hindi Cinema on ...
Though some deplore the name, arguing that it makes the industry look like a poor cousin to Hollywood, it has its own entry in the Oxford English Dictionary. The naming scheme for “Bollywood” was inspired by “Tollywood”, the name that was ...
Tilak Rishi, 2012
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Global Bollywood: Travels of Hindi Song and Dance
5 “Tollywood” refers to the Telugu-language film industry based in the state of Andhra Pradesh in South India. The name “Tollywood” is derived from the concept of naming the commercial film industries in India in relation to the commercial film ...
Sangita Gopal, Sujata Moorti, 2008
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Kolkata: City Guide
Tollywood, the production hub of Bengali cinema, is in Tollygunge, as the name, a portmanteau of the words Hollywood and Tollygunge, suggests. Bengali cinema germinated from the bioscope shows held in the city at the beginning of the ...
‎2011
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History of Indian Cinema:
Tollywood is based in the state of Andhra Pradesh in southernIndia. Between 100 and 150 Telugu Tollywood films are released each year. Thereare generally at least tworeleases each week. Popular moviestend toopen during thethree ...
Renu Saran, 2014
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The SAGE Handbook of Film Studies
Film critic Madhava Prasad (2003) has located the first use of 'Tollywood' (after Tollygunge, the site of the Calcutta film industry) in a telegram that Wilford E. Deming, an American working on films, received in 1932 as he was about to leave ...
James Donald, Michael Renov, 2008
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Daggubati Venkatesh
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Venkatesh Daggubati is an Indian film actor who stars in Tollywood films.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
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Aarthi Agarwal
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Aarthi Agarwal (also Arti Agarwal, Aarti Agarwal; born March 5, 1984 in New Jersey, U.S.) is an Indian actress in Tollywood.
Jesse Russel, Ronald Cohn, 2013
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India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic [2 ...
Tollywood produces approximately 300 films each year (275 in 2008) and boasts Ramoji Film City, located in Hyderabad, the world's largest film complex. By contrast Tamil cinema operates within a different set of conventions to other regional ...
Arnold P. Kaminsky, Roger D. Long Ph.D., 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOLLYWOOD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Tollywood is used in the context of the following news items.
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Baahubali Becomes Tollywood No.1 In 3 Days!!
There are no words to describe Baahubali's sensations at the box office. The film has surpassed expectations and estimations to become Telugu cinema ... «Greatandhra.com, Jul 15»
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Bollywood stars silent, but Tollywood lends voice to FTII protest
KOLKATA: While Bollywood has largely remained silent about the crisis at Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), 16 celebrities from Tollywood have signed ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
3
Young Tollywood movie director Viplav Koneti is Died
Young Tollywood movie director Viplav Koneti is passed away on Tuesday (June 9th) and he was just 33-year-old. As per sources Viplav died of few health ... «The Indian Talks, Jun 15»
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Aarti Agarwal And Other Tollywood Celebrities Who Underwent …
There are many other Tollywood celebs who underwent the same process. Aarti Agarwal And Other Tollywood Celebrities Who Underwent Liposuction. 1/10 ... «FilmiBeat, Jun 15»
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Father says Tollywood actress Aarthi Agarwal died of heart attack …
ATLANTIC CITY — The father of a popular Indian "Tollywood" actress said she died Friday of a heart attack, reports said. Aarthi Agarwal, 31, died Friday night. «NJ.com, Jun 15»
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Opinion: Is Tollywood Splitting Into Parts?
In the first place, already outsiders believe that Tollywood has shifted into two film industries. One that is dominated by producers and directors from Andhra and ... «Gulte, May 15»
7
Tollywood's macho hunk with Bollywood's cutie?
Suddenly, an interesting combo for an upcoming film has been under discussion by fans and several media houses. It is nothing but Tollywood's macho hunk ... «Gulte, May 15»
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I'm Not Talented Enough For Tollywood -Taapsee
That's an uttering shocking comment. Curly haired seductress Taapsee Pannu says that she's not signing any Telugu film these days because she isn't getting ... «Gulte, May 15»
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Tollywood's Kalyan Produces a Nasty Scene, Gets Booked
HYDERABAD:The Jubilee Hills police on Tuesday registered a case against Tollywood film producer C Kalyan, based on a complaint filed by a woman, who ... «The New Indian Express, Apr 15»
10
Samantha Celebrates Birthday; Tollywood Celebs Wish Her [PHOTOS]
Samantha Ruth Prabhu, one of the most sought after actress down south, has turned 28 on 28 April. Many Tollywood celebrities have sent her birthday wishes ... «International Business Times, India Edition, Apr 15»

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