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The origin of the name Udagamandalam is obscure. The first known written mention of the place is given as Wotokymund in a letter of March 1821 to the Madras Gazette from an unknown correspondent.[5] In early times it was called OttakalMandu. "Mund" is the Anglicised form of the Toda word for a village 'Mandu'.[6] The first part of the name is probably a corruption of the local name for the central region of the Nilgiri Plateau.[7] The stem of the name (Ootaca) comes from the local language in which Otha-Cal literally means Single Stone. This is perhaps a reference to a sacred stone revered by the local Toda people. The name probably changed under British rules to Udagamandalam from Ootacamund, and later was shortened to Ooty.[8] Ooty is situated in the Nilgiri hills, meaning the "blue mountains", so named due to the Kurunjiflower which blooms every twelve years giving the slopes a bluish tinge.[5][9] Because of the mountains and green valleys, Ooty became known as the Queen of Hill Stations.[10]

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