Etymology

Hooghly

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Today it means: A river in West Bengal forming the westernmost branch of the Ganges. Full definition →

Bengali হুগলি
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The story

  1. Bengali · borrowed fromহুগলি
  2. English todayHooghly

Anglicisation of Bengali হুগলি (hugoli).

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