Ayini wonke amagama okuqala omuzi manje owaziwa ngokuthi iChennai?
Context:IChennai (/ˈtʃɛnaɪ/ (lalela), isiTamil: [ˈt͡ɕenːaɪ̯]), eyayaziwa ngokuthi iMadras,[A] iyinhloko-dolobha yaseTamil Nadu, izwe eliseningizimu yeNdiya. Yidolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke esifundazweni ngobukhulu bendawo kanye nenani labantu futhi itholakala ogwini lweCoromandel lweBay of Bengal. Ngokubalwa kwabantu baseNdiya ngo-2011, iChennai yidolobha lesithupha elinabantu abaningi eNdiya futhi yakha indawo yesine enabantu abaningi emadolobheni. I-Greater Chennai Corporation iyisikhungo somphakathi esibhekele idolobha; iyinkampani yasedolobheni endala kunazo zonke eNdiya, eyasungulwa ngo-1688, eyesibili endala kunazo zonke emhlabeni ngemuva kweLondon.  Ngokomlando, iChennai nezindawo ezizungezile kwakuyingxenye yemibuso yamaChola, amaPandya, amaPallava namaVijayanagara amakhulu amaningi eminyaka. Izwe elingasogwini, elalihlanganisa idolobhana lokudoba iMadrasapattinam, lathengwa yiBritish East India Company kumbusi wamaNayak uDamarla Chennapa Nayaka, ngekhulu le-17. Ibutho laseBrithani lasungula idolobha laseMadras netheku, futhi lakha iFort St. George - inqaba yokuqala yaseBrithani eNdiya - eyathathwa ngamaFulentshi okwesikhashana ngo-1746, ngaphambi kokuba ibe inhloko-dolobha yasebusika yeMadras Presidency, isifundazwe samakoloni saseBrithani Raj ezwenikazi laseNdiya. Ngemva kokuba i - India ithole inkululeko ngo - 1947, iMadras yaqhubeka iyinhloko - dolobha yeSifundazwe saseMadras neTamil Nadu yanamuhla. Leli dolobha laqanjwa kabusha ngokusemthethweni ngokuthi iChennai ngo-1996.  Leli dolobha liseduze nesifunda saseChennai, esihlangene namadolobha angomakhelwane sakha iChennai Metropolitan Area, [note 1] indawo yedolobha elikhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni ngokwenani labantu futhi ingenye yezomnotho ezinkulu kunazo zonke eNdiya. Njengoba kuyisango lendabuko futhi langempela laseNingizimu India, iChennai iphakathi kwamadolobha aseNdiya avakashelwa kakhulu abantu bakwamanye amazwe. Kwakulinganiswe njengedolobha eli-43 elivakashelwa kakhulu emhlabeni ngo-2015 no-36 ngo-2019. I-Quality of Living Survey iyibala njengedolobha eliphephe kunawo wonke eNdiya. IChennai idonsela amaphesenti angu-45 ezivakashi zezempilo ezivakashela eNdiya, namaphesenti angu-30 kuya kwangu-40 ezivakashi zezempilo zasekhaya. Ngenxa yalokho, ibizwa ngokuthi "inhlokodolobha yezempilo yaseNdiya". IChennai inomnotho wesihlanu ngobukhulu emadolobheni, futhi inabantu besithathu ngobukhulu abavela kwamanye amazwe eNdiya.
Imizi yaseChennai isukela emzaneni wabadobi obizwa ngokuthi iMadrasapattinam. AbaseBrithani bayibiza ngokusemthethweni ngokuthi iMadras lapho bethenga le ndawo ngekhulu le - 17. Igama lomuzi lashintshwa laba yiChennai ngo-1996.