Port Blair

[ blair ]

noun

1. a seaport in and the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, on S Andaman.

Port Blair

/ blɛə /

noun

1. the capital of the Indian Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a port on the SE coast of South Andaman Island: a former penal colony. Pop: 100 186 (2001)

Example Sentences

The whole place was in mourning on account of the terrible catastrophe which had happened at Port Blair.

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The same friend tells me he learnt at Port Blair that there were marriage restrictions on which great stress was laid.

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They were detained at Port Blair but a very short time, when they once more embarked for Moulmein.

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The maximum velocity of the wind registered at Port Blair on the latter occasion was 111 miles.

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Didu is the only species utilised for the manufacture of tea-boxes at Port Blair.

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