The story
- Tamil · borrowed fromபுதுச்சேரி
- English todayPuducherry
Borrowed from Tamil புதுச்சேரி (putuccēri, literally “new town”), reinforcing with the former name Pondicherry.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Puducherry
Today it means: A union territory in southern India, consisting of four geographically separated exclaves of former French India, namely its capital, Karaikal, Yanam, and Mahe. Full definition →
Tamil புதுச்சேரி