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Pune

American  
[poo-nuh] / ˈpu nə /

noun

  1. a city in W Maharashtra, W India, SE of Mumbai.


Pune British  
/ ˈpuːnə /

noun

  1. another name for Poona

"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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Digvijay Patil, a PhD student in archeology at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Pune, noticed repeated mentions of unusual plants while studying Sanskrit and Marathi texts related to sacred sites.

From Science Daily Feb. 1, 2026

Sandeep Bhegade, former union president for the GM factory in Pune, said the automaker had always treated its workers well.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2025

GM first attempted to sell the Pune factory to Chinese automaker Great Wall Motors.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2025

The ripple effects of this have begun to be felt in cities like Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune – once epicentres of India's IT boom.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2025

Several students came there now and then to work for short stretches of time but they all had their residences in Pune and went home in the evenings.

From Free from School by Alvares, Rahul

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