Rama

//rɑm(ə)// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A name of the goddess Lakshmi. Hinduism
  2. 2
    A female given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.
  3. 3
    Alternative form of Rāma (“an incarnation of the god Vishnu in Hinduism”). alt-of, alternative
  4. 4
    Nickname for ʻOumuamua.
  5. 5
    A river in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a major tributary of the Neretva.

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"Rama is said to have returned to Ayodhya using the Pushpak Vimana."

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit राम (rāma). * (Oumuamua): The nickname derives from the similarity of Oumuamua to the fictional object "Rama" in the story Rendezvous with Rama, where that fictional object is named for the god.

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