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Pondicherry
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Pon·di·cher·ry  (pnd-chr, -shr)
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.
Pondicherry [ˌpɒndɪˈtʃɛrɪ]
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1. (Placename) a Union Territory of SE India: transferred from French to Indian administration in 1954 and made a Union Territory in 1962. Capital: Pondicherry. Pop.: 973 829 (2001 est.). Area: 479 sq. km (185 sq. miles)
2. (Placename) a port in SE India, capital of the Union Territory of Pondicherry, on the Coromandel Coast. Pop.: 203 065 (1991)
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