Pondichéry

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil பாண்டிச்சேரி (pāṇṭiccēri).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔ̃.di.ʃe.ʁi/

Proper noun

Pondichéry f

  1. Puducherry (a union territory in southern India, consisting of four geographically separated exclaves of former French India, namely its capital, Karaikal, Yanam, and Mahe)
  2. Puducherry, Pondicherry (the capital city of the union territory of Puducherry, India)