Puducherry

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil புதுச்சேரி (putuccēri, literally “new town”), reinforcing with the former name Pondicherry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpʊdʊˈt͡ʃɛɹi/

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Proper noun

Puducherry

1. Union territory in southern India, consisting of four exclaves of former French India, namely its capital, Karaikal, Yanam, and Mahe.
2. Capital of the union territory of Puducherry (Pondicherry).

Synonyms

• Pondicherry

Translations

Puducherry, India

• Armenian: Պուտտուչչերի (Puttučʻčʻeri)
• Bengali: পোঁডিচেরী (põḍicerī), পুদুচ্চেরী (puduccerī)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 本地治里 (zh) (Běndìzhìlǐ)

• French: Pondichéry (fr)
• Georgian: პონდიშერი (ka) (ṗondišeri)
• German: Puducherry (de) n
• Hebrew: פודוצ׳רי
• Hindi: पॉंडिचेरी (pŏṇḍicerī), पुदुच्चेरी (hi) (puduccerī)
• Japanese: ポンディシェリ (Pondisheri)
• Kannada: ಪುದುಚೇರಿ (puducēri)
• Malayalam: പുതുശ്ശേരി (ml) (putuśśēri)
• Portuguese: Pondicherry f
• Punjabi: ਪੁਡੂਚੇਰੀ (puḍūcerī)
• Russian: Пудуче́рри m (Pudučérri)
• Sanskrit: पाण्डीचेरी (pāṇḍīcerī)
• Spanish: Pondicherry
• Tamil: புதுச்சேரி (ta) (putuccēri)
• Telugu: పుదుచ్చేరి (te) (puduccēri)
• Vietnamese: Puducherry

See also

• (union territories) union territory; Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, ^{(Category: en:Union territories of India)}