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| population_total = 916,857 <ref>{{Cite web|URL=https://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=733053| title= Tiruchirapalli population in 2011 - Census India 2011}}</ref> | | population_total = 916,857 <ref>{{Cite web|URL=https://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=733053| title= Tiruchirapalli population in 2011 - Census India 2011}}</ref> | ||
| population_rank = [[List of most populous cities in India|52nd]] <br /> | | population_rank = [[List of most populous cities in India|52nd]] <br /> | ||
[[List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population| | [[List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population|6th in Tamil Nadu]] | ||
| population_as_of = 2011 | | population_as_of = 2011 | ||
| population_footnotes = {{efn|name=expansion}} | | population_footnotes = {{efn|name=expansion}} | ||
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A major road and railway hub in the state, the city is served by the [[Tiruchirappalli International Airport]] (TRZ) which operates flights to the [[Middle East]] and [[Southeast Asia]]. | A major road and railway hub in the state, the city is served by the [[Tiruchirappalli International Airport]] (TRZ) which operates flights to the [[Middle East]] and [[Southeast Asia]]. | ||
== Etymology == | |||
Historically, Tiruchirappalli was commonly referred to in English as "Trichinopoly".{{Sfn|Jaques|2007|p=1025}} The shortened forms "Trichy" or "Tiruchi" are used in everyday speech and the full name Tiruchirapalli appears in official use by government and quasi-government offices but seldom used by the general public.{{Sfn|Brayley-Hodgetts|2008|p=216}}{{Sfn|Ludden|2004|p=178}} | |||
According to the late scholar [[C. P. Brown]], Tiruchirappalli might be a derivative of the word ''Chiruta-palli'' (lit. "little town").{{Sfn|Hemingway|1907|p=2}}{{Sfn|Yule|Burnell|1903|p=938}} [[Orientalists]] [[Henry Yule]] and [[Arthur Coke Burnell]] have speculated that the name may derive from a rock inscription carved in the 16th century in which Tiruchirappalli is written as ''Tiru-ssila-palli'', meaning "holy-rock-town" in [[Tamil language|Tamil]].{{Sfn|Hemingway|1907|p=2}}{{Sfn|Yule|Burnell|1903|p=938}} Other scholars have suggested that the name Tiruchirappalli is a rewording of ''Tiru-chinna-palli'', meaning "holy little town".{{Sfn|Hemingway|1907|p=2}}{{Sfn|Yule|Burnell|1903|p=938}} The ''Madras Glossary'' gives the root as ''Tiruććināppalli'' or the "holy (''tiru'') village (''palli'') of the ''shina'' (''[[Cissampelos pareira]]'') plant".{{Sfn|Yule|Burnell|1903|p=938}} | |||
According to [[Hindu mythology]], Tiruchirappalli derives its name from the three-headed demon ''Trishira'', who [[Tapas (Sanskrit)|meditated]] on the Hindu god [[Shiva]] near the present-day city to obtain favours from the god.{{Sfn|Hemingway|1907|p=2}} An alternative derivation, albeit not universally accepted,{{Sfn|Hemingway|1907|p=2}} is that the source of the city's name is the [[Sanskrit]] word "Trishirapuram"—''[[Trishira]]'', meaning "three-headed", and ''palli'' or ''puram'' meaning "city".{{Sfn|Hemingway|1907|p=2}}{{Sfn|Yule|Burnell|1903|p=938}} | |||