Meaning of Hooghly | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Examples

“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.”

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