{
  "id": 3227511,
  "title": "Madras lingo on transportation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/madras-lingo-on-transportation",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-25T08:51:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/madras-day-2026-madras-lingo-on-transportation/article71337147.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A traffic island becomes a roundtana, while Emden, the name of a German cruiser that bombed Madras in 1914, came to mean a bully or devious adversary. Tankuvar Arundudum — meaning you lose control of a situation — comes from tankuvaru, a Telugu term referring to a small piece of leather used to fasten the saddle to a horse. These are just some words and phrases used in and around Madras, which…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}