Hooghly

English Etymology Anglicisation of en bn হুগলি. Proper noun en river in West Bengal forming the westernmost branch of the Ganges. en 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 [...] https://books.google.co.in/books?id=s_0RAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA150&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt 1 150 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. en city on the Hooghly River, now known officially as Hugli-Chuchura. en district s/West Bengal c/India which contains the city of Hooghly. Alternative forms en Hoogly Hooghley Hughly Hughley Hugli Derived terms en Mount Hooghly