Benares
See also: Benáres
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi बनारस (banāras).
Proper noun
Benares
- (dated) Alternative form of Varanasi, a city in Uttar Pradesh, India
Translations
Varanasi city
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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