Pondicherry

Pondicherry is a Union Territory of India. It was formerly ruled by the French. It consists of four non-contiguous districts or enclaves.

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Union Territory - India - French

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It is currently undergoing a name change to Puduchery, is the name of a union territory and its capital in the south of India. The name "puduchery" (?????????? pudu???ri) means "new village" in Tamil. The French spelt it "Poudichéry", which is the closest French approximation to the Tamil pronunciation. At some point, the hand-written 'u' was mistaken for an 'n', and the misspelling stuck.

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Union territory - India - Tamil

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