Port Blair

American  

[blair] / blɛər /

noun

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

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Port Blair British  

/ 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)

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Port Blair

In 2018, 26-year-old American John Allen Chau died when he illegally sailed from Port Blair, India, to the forbidden North Sentinel Islands.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2025

We had planned to spend three days in Havelock and in the morning we packed snacks and sandwiches, gathered excited children and headed out to catch the ferry from Phoenix Bay jetty in Port Blair.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024

Port Blair was almost daily jolted by aftershocks, some of them strong enough to start rumours of fresh tsunamis, making scared people run to get to higher ground.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024

During a previous trip, I explored the Mayabunder area, an eight-hour drive north of Port Blair.

From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2022

I felt also much for Donald Stewart, to whom, I knew, such a terrible tragedy, happening while he was Superintendent at Port Blair, would be a heavy blow.

From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Frederick Sleigh Roberts