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Hooghly

Hooghly proper noun: a river in West Bengal forming the westernmost branch of the Ganges.

Proper noun

Hooghly

  1. A river in West Bengal forming the westernmost branch of the Ganges.
    • The Uſuwrper, called upon by the univerſal clamour of the people, and diſtreſſes of his country, once more quitted [...] and of all the country the Weſtern ſhore of the Hougley river from Ballaſore, to within a few miles Tanna's Fort, near the Engliſh ſettlement of Fort William.1765, John Zephaniah Holwell, Interesting Historical Events, Relative to the Provinces of Bengal, and the Empire of Indostan: With a Seasonable Hint and Perswasive to the …, volume 1, T. Becket and...
  2. A city on the Hooghly River, now known officially as Hugli-Chuchura.
  3. A district of West Bengal, India which contains the city of Hooghly.

Forms of Hooghly

alternative formHoogly
alternative formHooghley
alternative formHughly
alternative formHughley
alternative formHugli

Origin of Hooghly

Anglicisation of Bengali হুগলি (hugoli).

Words formed from Hooghly

Questions about Hooghly

What does Hooghly mean?
Hooghly means a river in West Bengal forming the westernmost branch of the Ganges.
What part of speech is Hooghly?
Hooghly is a proper noun.

Words near Hooghly in the dictionary

  1. hoofy
  2. hoogaars
  3. Hooge
  4. Hoogeveen
  5. Hooghley
  6. Hooghly
  7. Hooghly-Chinsurah
  8. hoogie
  9. hoogies
  10. Hoogly
  11. Hoogsteen

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