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Pondicherry

British  
/ ˌpɒndɪˈtʃɛrɪ /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In the words of Gulf scholar Paul Rich, this was "the Indian Empire's last redoubt, just as Goa was Portuguese India's last solitary vestige, or Pondicherry was the tag-end of French India".

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025

Four years later, the capture of Pondicherry by the British effectively removed the French from contention in the competition to dominate Indian trade.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

A study published in the journal BMC Infectious Diseases in June this year describes a survey of 778 students staying in a hostel in Southern India’s Pondicherry.

From Slate • Oct. 12, 2022

After Mr. Pondicherry regained control of his AT&T account and tried to log into Instagram, he discovered that his handle, @Ajay, had been stolen by the hacker.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2021

Anyway, I have nothing to go home to in Pondicherry.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

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