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Puri

//ˈpʊəɹiː// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A holy city in Odisha, India.

    "As to the local rulers of Eastern Orissa this Chinese traveller does not give us vmj definite information; we only learn that the district of Puri which then obtained the name Kongada was under Brahminic influence and the rest of the eastern tract in the north, then designated as Ucha or Ukkala, was being governed by some rulers who had their seat somewhere in that part of the district of Midnapore which was once a part of Utkala."

  2. 2
    A district of Odisha, India, in which the holy city is based.
Noun
  1. 1
    A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan, usually deep-fried. countable, uncountable

    "No. 17 PURI. Take Flour, ½ ser (1lb.)"

  2. 2
    In Bali and other parts of Indonesia, a palace, or other residence of a member of the royal family or ruling class.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Sanskrit पूर (pūra) Prakrit 𑀧𑀽𑀭 (pūra) Hindi पूरी (pūrī)bor. English puri From Hindi पूरी (pūrī), a kind of fried flatbread.

Etymology 2

From Balinese ᬧᬸᬭᬷ (puri), from Old Javanese purī (“palace, royal residence”), from Sanskrit पुरी (purī), पुर् (pur, “stronghold, fortress”), from ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(t)pĺ̥H (“city, fortress, stronghold”). Compare to English polis (“a Greek city-state”).

Etymology 3

From Odia ପୁରୀ (puri).

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