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Pondicherry

UK/ˈpɒndɪtʃɛɹi//ˈpɑndɪtʃɛɹi/

Pondicherry proper noun: former name of Puducherry: A union territory in southern India, consisting of four geographically separated exclaves of former French India, namely its capital, Karaikal, Yanam, and Mahe.

Proper noun

Pondicherry

  1. Former name of Puducherry: A union territory in southern India, consisting of four geographically separated exclaves of former French India, namely its capital, Karaikal, Yanam, and Mahe.
  2. Former name of Puducherry: The capital city of the union territory of Puducherry, India.

Origin of Pondicherry

Borrowed from Tamil பாண்டிச்சேரி (pāṇṭiccēri).

Words formed from Pondicherry

Questions about Pondicherry

What does Pondicherry mean?
Pondicherry means former name of Puducherry: A union territory in southern India, consisting of four geographically separated exclaves of former French India, namely its capital, Karaikal, Yanam, and Mahe.
What part of speech is Pondicherry?
Pondicherry is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Pondicherry?
Pondicherry is pronounced /ˈpɒndɪtʃɛɹi/ (UK).

Words near Pondicherry in the dictionary

  1. pondhorns
  2. pondi
  3. pondian
  4. Pondicherrian
  5. Pondicherrians
  6. Pondicherry
  7. Pondicherry eagle
  8. Pondicherry vulture
  9. pondimin
  10. ponding
  11. pondings

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