Pondicherry

/ (ˌpɒndɪˈtʃɛrɪ) /


noun
  1. the former official name (until 2006) for Puducherry

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How to use Pondicherry in a sentence

  • So he borrowed the name of a friend who had gone to Pondicherry.

    Dross | Henry Seton Merriman
  • Here Tippoo changed his course, and marched for Pondicherry, capturing Permacoil by the way.

    The Tiger of Mysore | G. A. Henty
  • The first was from Pondicherry, the second from Dundee, and the third from London.

  • Amlie de Repentigny had dressed herself to-day in a robe of soft muslin of Deccan, the gift of a relative in Pondicherry.

    The Golden Dog | William Kirby
  • Muzaffar, after paying a visit to Pondicherry, remained in the camp with his army, twenty miles distant from that place.

    With Clive in India | G. A. Henty