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Hugli

American  
[hoog-lee] / ˈhug li /
Or Hooghly

noun

  1. a river in NE India, in W Bengal: the westernmost channel by which the Ganges enters the Bay of Bengal. 160 miles (258 km) long.


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Prominent veterinarians visible last week in Columbus included: Dr. Hugli Max O'Rear, assistant chief of the tuberculosis eradication division of the U. S. Bureau of Animal Industry.

From Time Magazine Archive

In consequence of the silting up of the Saraswati, the river on which Satgaon was situated, the town became inaccessible to large ships, and the Portuguese settled at Hugli.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

These three western distributaries are known as the Nadia rivers, and are important, not only as great highways for internal traffic, but also as the headwaters of the Hugli.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

The famine commissioners in 1867 reported it to be the best harbour on the coast of India from the Hugli to Bombay.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

Between the Hugli on the west and the Meghna on the east lies the delta.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various