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Pondicherry

 
Dictionary: Pon·di·cher·ry   (pŏn'dĭ-chĕr'ē, -shĕr'ē) pronunciation
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A city of southeast India on the Bay of Bengal south-southwest of Chennai (Madras). It consists of four former French coastal settlements whose administration was transferred to India in 1954. Population: 220,000.

 

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Union territory (pop., 2008 est.: 1,074,000), India. It was formed in 1962 from the four former French colonies of Pondicherry, Karikal, and Yanam, on the eastern seaboard, and Mahe, on the western seaboard. With a total area of 190 sq mi (492 sq km), it is united by little other than its colonial past and focus on tourism. The city of Puducherry is the administrative capital.

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