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Pudhumaipithan Kathaigal

Pudhumaipithan Kathaigal (புதுமைப்பித்தன் கதைகள், "The Stories of Pudumaippithan") is the lifetime collection of 29 short stories by the Tamil writer Pudumaippithan, a pioneer of modern Tamil prose.

Pudhupettai (புதுப்பேட்டை)

Pudhupettai (புதுப்பேட்டை) is a 2006 Tamil gangster film by Selvaraghavan starring Dhanush as Kokki Kumar, with Sneha and Sonia Agarwal, music by Yuvan Shankar Raja; a box-office disappointment that became a cult classic, re-released in 4K in 2025 with a sequel announced.

Pudinarka

Pudinarka (Pūdīnārka, Pudina Arka, अर्क पुदीना) is an Ayurvedic and Unani aqueous mint distillate, usually from Mentha spicata, dosed 10–25 ml for vomiting, dyspepsia, and abdominal pain; official in India's AFI and NFUM formularies.

Pudinarka Yavanyarka

Pudinarka and Yavanyarka (Pūdinārka and Yavānyarka) are the two official arka formulations in the Ayurvedic Formulary of India, distilled liquid medicines made from mint and ajwain and used for indigestion.

Pudong, Shanghai

Pudong, also known as Pudong New Area (浦东新区), is the eastern half of Shanghai, opened for development in 1990 and now producing about a third of the city's GDP.

Pudu Robotics (普渡科技)

Pudu Robotics (普渡科技) is a Chinese commercial service robot company headquartered in Shenzhen, founded by Zhang Tao in 2016 and best known for its food-delivery robots PuduBot and BellaBot.

Puducherry (புதுச்சேரி) (union territory)

Puducherry (புதுச்சேரி), formerly Pondicherry, is an Indian union territory of four former French enclaves, Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe, and Yanam, transferred de facto in 1954, with a legislature under the 1963 Union Territories Act.

Puducherry Legislative Assembly

Puducherry Legislative Assembly: unicameral 33-member legislature (30 elected, 3 nominated) of the Union territory of Puducherry, created by the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 under Article 239A; distinct from Delhi and J&K assemblies.

Puduhepa

Puduhepa (Puduḫepa), also Puduheba, was a Hurrian-born Hittite queen, wife of Hattusili III, who led peace negotiations with Ramesses II and served as great queen from 1267 BC.

Puduhepa letters

The Puduhepa letters are the royal correspondence sent in the name of Puduḫepa, great queen of the Hittites, chiefly with Ramesses II of Egypt after their 1259 BC peace treaty.

Puebla

Puebla, a south-central Mexican state with capital Puebla de Zaragoza, 217 municipalities, 6.58 million people (2020), statehood from the 1824 Acta Constitutiva, and an economy concentrated on Puebla City and auto assembly.

Puebla (city)

Puebla (Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza), capital of Puebla state, Mexico; founded 1531, UNESCO World Heritage historic center since 1987; fourth-largest metro (~3.25M), automotive hub, record 3.19M tourists in 2025.

Pueblo

Pueblo: Spanish for "village," the term for the multi-story adobe or stone apartment-like dwellings of the Pueblo peoples of New Mexico and Arizona, their kivas and plazas, and the 19 sovereign New Mexico communities descended from Ancestral Puebloans.

Pueblo Chemical Depot

Pueblo Chemical Depot was a United States Army installation near Pueblo, Colorado, that stored the nation's mustard agent stockpile until it was destroyed in 2023.

Pueblo County

Pueblo County, Colorado: county in southeastern Colorado, established 1861 as one of the original 17 Colorado Territory counties; seat Pueblo; about 169,000 residents; steel (CF&I) heritage and Pueblo chili agriculture.

Pueblo en vilo

San José de Gracia: Mexican Village in Transition is the 1974 English edition of Luis González y González's Pueblo en vilo, the founding work of Mexican microhistory.

Pueblo Grande Ruin and Irrigation Sites

Pueblo Grande Ruin and Irrigation Sites, or Pueblo Grande Museum Archaeological Park, is a National Historic Landmark in Phoenix, Arizona, preserving a Hohokam village and canals.

Pueblo pottery

Pueblo pottery is the hand-built earthenware ceramic tradition of the Pueblo peoples of communities like Hopi, Zuni, Acoma, and San Ildefonso, practiced for more than 1,000 years.

Pueblo Revolt

The Pueblo Revolt of 1680, led by Po'pay (Popé), was a coordinated Pueblo, Navajo, and Apache uprising that killed 401 Spaniards, expelled Spanish rule from New Mexico for twelve years, and ended with Diego de Vargas's 1692 reconquest.

Pueblo Viejo hydroelectric plant

The Pueblo Viejo hydroelectric plant, commonly known as the Chixoy Dam, is a 300 MW hydroelectric facility on the Chixoy River in Guatemala, built from 1977 to 1983.

Pueblo, Colorado

Pueblo, Colorado: Steel City on the Arkansas River at Fountain Creek, southern Front Range. Founded from the 1842 El Pueblo trading post; CF&I steelworks 1882; 1921 flood; 2020 population 111,876; Hispanic 48.3%.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika), 2011 anime by SHAFT, Shinbo, Urobuchi, and Aoki as the Magica Quartet: magical girls' contracts, Soul Gems, and witch transformation; grand prize winner spawning films, spin-offs, and Walpurgisnacht: Rising.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Magia Exedra

Magia Exedra (魔法少女まどか☆マギカ Magia Exedra, MadoDra) is Aniplex's free-to-play gacha RPG, released March 27, 2025 on iOS, Android, and Steam, retelling Madoka Magica and Magia Record stories with turn-based five-character break-gauge battles.

Puente Alto

Puente Alto: commune in southern Santiago, Chile, capital of Provincia Cordillera; founded 1892, Villa 1898; most populous commune in Chile with 568,086 inhabitants (Censo 2024); dormitory and services commune.

Puente de Cañete

Puente de Cañete (Puente Viejo), remains of a Roman bridge on the Arroyo Salado one mile west of Obulco (Porcuna, Jaén, Spain), possibly on a secondary Corduba–Castulo route between Calpurniana and Vircao.

Puente de la Mujer

Puente de la Mujer (Spanish for "Woman's Bridge") is a cable-stayed swing footbridge over Dock 3 of Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, designed by Santiago Calatrava and inaugurated in 2001.

Puente de Reparacea

Puente de Reparacea (Erreparazea): medieval single-arch stone bridge over the river Bidasoa at Oieregi, Bertizarana, Navarra, Spain; 22 m span, hump-backed profile, possibly Roman origin, declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 2009.

Puente del Bibey

Puente del Bibey (Ponte Bibei), a Roman three-arch granite bridge over the river Bibei between A Pobra de Trives (Ourense) and Quiroga (Lugo), Spain, built on the Via Nova, traditionally under Trajan, still carrying road OU-636 and declared a monument in 1931.

Puente Mayor del Tormes

Puente Mayor del Tormes (Puente Romano), Salamanca's Roman bridge of the 1st century AD on the Vía de la Plata: 26 arches, 15 Roman, about 350 m long, pedestrian since 1973.

Puente Mocho (Río Guadalimar)

Puente Mocho (Río Guadalimar): Roman bridge, 1st-2nd centuries AD, over the Guadalimar between Beas de Segura and Chiclana de Segura, Jaén, Spain; 97.75 m, six arches, on the Camino de los Cartagineses branch of the Vía Augusta; restored 2016-2017.