Poona

/ ˈpuːnə /

noun

1. a city in W India, in W Maharashtra: under British rule served as the seasonal capital of the Bombay Presidency. Pop: 2 540 069 (2001)

Example Sentences

When you have visited Poona, and have listened to the Gayan Samaj, we shall resume our present conversation.

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Battle of Kirkee and battle and capture of Poona—November 1817.

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My grandmother and mother, and all the family, were in those woods behind Poona at time of the battle at Kirkee.

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In those days there were much fewer houses in Poona than there are now, and many more wandering gipsies, and such like.

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In the neighbourhood of Poona, Mr. Elphinstone says, there are about 150 different castes, and in Bengal they are very numerous.

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