Where did the name Madras come from? What is the local name for Madras? What does the local name mean and what is the relation of the local name to Tamil?
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• Madras was the British name for their provincial capital, but the city is known as Chennai. Chennai means "the city" in Tamil, "the language of the region and the state of Tamil Nadu."
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The arrangement of pitches within the octave that ascends and descends according to a fixed pattern is known as:
a. clef b. scale c. tempo d. key e. modulation
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