Benares

name

name ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Varanasi: a city in Uttar Pradesh, India. alt-of, alternative, dated

Synonyms

All synonyms
varanasivaranasi

Example

More examples

"While in Benares I visited a temple dedicated to Shiva, in which were several enormous bulls, the animal sacred to this god."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बनारस (banāras).

More for "benares"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.