Rupa

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    form, shape, outward appearance. uncountable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name.

    "The suit was filed by Rupa Marya, an internal medicine physician and professor at UCSF, identified as an expert in decolonial theory. Marya was placed on leave in September 2024 and had her clinical privileges briefly suspended by the UCSF executive medical board following comments she made on X that questioned the impacts of Zionism as “a supremacist, racist ideology” on healthcare."

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"Rupa Trivedi in Mumbai, India, creates a range of colors from marigold, hibiscus and rose flowers and coconut husks."

Etymology

From Sanskrit रूप (rūpá, “form, shape, figure”).

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