Puducherry
geographical name
Pu·du·cher·ry
| \ ˈpü-dü-ˌcher-ē
\
\
variants:
or formerly Pondicherry \ ˌpän-də-ˈcher-ē
, -ˈsher- \
, -ˈsher- \
Definition of Puducherry
1
union territory of southeastern India that is surrounded by the state of Tamil Nadu and that was a settlement of French India before 1954, area 183 square miles (474 square kilometers), population 973,829
2
city and port on the Bay of Bengal in southeastern India that is the capital of the union territory of Puducherry population 220,749