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Some Acronyms & Short Forms in Pune

ABC Appa Balvant Chowk
AFMC Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
AISSMS COEP All India Shree Shivaji Memorial Society's College Of Engineering, Pune.
BAPU Balgandharva Pula
Bharati Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Engineering.
Bishopite Student of Bishops School, Staveley Road
Bremen Circle A junction in Aundh Pune that has been beautified with help from Bremen, Germany, a sister city of Pune.
Blue D The Blue Diamond Hotel at Koregaon Park
BMCC Brihan Maharashtra College Of Commerce
BVMC Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical college
Camp Downtown area under the administration of the Army
Cantonment Army base in several of the city’s areas
CME College of Military Engineering, Dapodi
COEP College Of Engineering Pune: The nation’s first and oldest
Cutting 1/2 glass of tea..
Deccan The Deccan Gymkhana area in Shivajinagar.
DP Road Development Plan Road: Unnamed new road
DP Road Dhole Patil Road: a downtown business district area
DQ Deccan Queen (Train running between Pune and Mumbai)
FC College Fergusson College, Shivajinagar
Fergy Fergusson College, Shivajinagar
GangaJamuna Mixture of Santri and Mosambi juice.
IUCAA Inter University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics
Janata Bus PMT and PCMT buses with blue bands that stop on request
JM Road Jungali Maharaj Road, Shivajinagar
Juna Bazaar The biweekly flea market in the old city
Katta Regular informal meeting place
Khabri Informer
Khatri Aadmi Dangerous Man
KNP Kamla Nehru Park off Bhandarkar Road. A popular evening recreational spot.
Kutchi Dhabeli Popular hot-and-sweet savoury made with loaves of bread
Lakdi Pul Sambhaji Bridge
Loyolite Student of Loyola school.
Maaby Mahabaleshwar, popular hill station, 125 km away
Mama Policeman
MaNaPa Shortform for Mahanagar Palika
Mandai The old market in the heart of the old city
MaraMari Fresh Hot Tea mixed with Old Tea
Mastani Dessert speciality of the city: fruits, milk and icecream
MG Road Mahatma Gandhi Road, a shopping thoroughfare
NIC National Informatics Centre
NIV National Institute of Virology
NCL National Chemical Laboratory
Numavi Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya and Nuste Mavali Vidyarthi
P1 Parking on this side on odd dates (1,3,5...)
P2 Parking on this side on even dates (2,4,6...)
Padik Doing Nothing
PC Poona Club
PCMC Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation
PCMT Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Transport
PICT Pune Institute Of Computer Technology
PMC Pune Municipal Corporation
PMT Pune Municipal Transport
Punekar Marathi for resident of Pune city
Sant Vasant St. Vincents High School
Sadashiv Pethi Typical Puneri
Sahee Damn good
SB Road The Famous Senapati Bapat Road
Six-seater or Tumtum Cheap three-wheel public transport vehicle that seats six and also known as "dukkar".
SP College Sir Parshurambhau College, Sadashiv Peth
SPDP Popular snack Shev Puri Dahi Puri
STES Sinhgad Technical Educational Society, Sinhgad Road, Vadgaon Budruk
St. Abby's Abhinav Vidyalaya English Medium High School
St. Vimlies Vimalabai Garware High School
Symbi Symbiosis College
Symbite Students of Symbiosis college.
TAKA-TAK JUST PERFECT
Tapri Place to hang out, have chai, cigarettes , etc
TDS Ten Downing Street, A popular pub in downtown Pune
TP Time Pass
VIT Vishwakarma Institute of Technology
YCMH Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital,Pimpri
Z-bridge The 2 wheeler bridge connecting Jangali Maharaj Road and the road near Kulkarni Petrol Pump.
ZP Zilla Parishad