Hooghly

alternative Hoogly · alternative Hooghley · alternative Hughly · alternative Hughley · alternative Hugli

1. A river in West Bengal forming the westernmost branch of the Ganges.

   The Uſuwrper, called upon by the univerſal clamour of the people, and diſtreſſes of his country, once more quitted [...] and of all the country the Weſtern ſhore of the Hougley river from Ballaſore, to within a few miles Tanna's Fort, near the Engliſh ſettlement of Fort William.

   1765, John Zephaniah Holwell, Interesting Historical Events, Relative to the Provinces of Bengal, and the Empire of Indostan: With a Seasonable Hint and Perswasive to the …, volume 1, T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, page 150

2. A city on the Hooghly River, now known officially as Hugli-Chuchura.
3. A district of West Bengal, India which contains the city of Hooghly.