Hooghly

British  

/ ˈhuːɡlɪ /

noun

1. a river in NE India, in West Bengal: the westernmost and commercially most important channel by which the River Ganges enters the Bay of Bengal. Length: 232 km (144 miles)

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Example Sentences

Reaching the slum had required taking four different forms of transport over the Hooghly River, including a kind of open-air vehicle like the ones you ride on in airports.

From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2020

I was at the headquarters of Macneill and Magor, a tea giant of the time, whose red brick godowns lined the banks of the Hooghly River.

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2019

The sticky heat had finally begun to break and people were out sitting on the banks of the Hooghly, chatting, eating, or just watching the sun glitter on the water as it began its descent.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2018

If so, I can’t imagine what tiny fraction make it up the Hooghly river to towns such as Serampore, Chandannagar and Azimganj.

From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2017

The Hooghly is a tortuous stream of mud that can be navigated by large vessels only by daylight and with favoring conditions of tide, for its channel is seldom two days alike.

From East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan by Penfield, Frederic Courtland