Benares

See also: Benáres and Benarés

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बनारस (banāras).

Proper noun

Benares

(dated) Alternative form of Varanasi, a city in Uttar Pradesh, India

Translations

Varanasi city

Czech: Benáres m

Further reading

Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “Benares”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 83.

Anagrams

Bereans, beaners

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