Hooghly

English

Etymology

Anglicisation of Bengali হুগলি (hugoli).

Proper noun

Hooghly

  1. A river in West Bengal forming the westernmost branch of the Ganges.
    • 1765, John Zephaniah Holwell, Interesting Historical Events, Relative to the Provinces of Bengal, and the Empire of Indostan: With a Seasonable Hint and Perswasive to the [...]‎[1], volume 1, T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, page 150:
      The Uſuwrper, called upon by the univerſal clamour of the people, and diſtreſſes of his country, once more quitted [...] and of all the country the Weſtern ſhore of the Hougley river from Ballaſore, to within a few miles Tanna's Fort, near the Engliſh ſettlement of Fort William.
  2. A city on the Hooghly River, now known officially as Hugli-Chuchura.
  3. A district of West Bengal, India which contains the city of Hooghly.

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