English
Etymology
Borrowed from Tamil புதுச்சேரி (putuccēri, literally “new town”), reinforcing with the former name Pondicherry.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Puducherry
- A union territory in southern India, consisting of four geographically separated exclaves of former French India, namely its capital, Karaikal, Yanam, and Mahe.
- The capital city of the union territory of Puducherry, India.
Synonyms
Translations
Puducherry, India
- Armenian: Պուտտուչչերի (Puttučʻčʻeri)
- Bengali: পোঁডিচেরী (põḍicerī), পুদুচ্চেরী (puduccerī)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 本地治里 (zh) (Běndìzhìlǐ)
- French: Pondichéry (fr)
- Georgian: პონდიშერი (ka) (ṗondišeri)
- German: Puducherry (de) n
- Hebrew: פודוצ׳רי
- Hindi: पुदुच्चेरी (hi) (puduccerī), पॉंडिचेरी (pŏṇḍicerī)
- Japanese: ポンディシェリ (Pondisheri)
- Kannada: ಪುದುಚೇರಿ (puducēri)
- Korean: 푸두체리 (Puducheri)
- Malayalam: പുതുശ്ശേരി (ml) (putuśśēri)
- Portuguese: Pondicherry f
- Punjabi: ਪੁਡੂਚੇਰੀ (puḍūcerī)
- Russian: Пудуче́рри m (Pudučérri)
- Sanskrit: पाण्डीचेरी (pāṇḍīcerī)
- Spanish: Pondicherry
- Tamil: புதுச்சேரி (ta) (putuccēri)
- Telugu: పుదుచ్చేరి (te) (puduccēri)
- Vietnamese: Puducherry
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