Varanasi

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī); so called after the names of two rivers: वरणा and असि, or असी.

Proper noun

Varanasi

A large city in India, in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Synonyms

Banaras
Benares

Translations

city in India

Chinese:
Mandarin: 瓦拉納西, 瓦拉纳西 (Wǎlānàxī)
Czech: Váránasí n
Dzongkha: ཝཱ་རཱ་ཎ་སཱི (wā rā ṇa sāi)
Hindi: वाराणसी (hi) (vārāṇasī), बनारस (hi) (banāras)
Japanese: ワーラーナシー (Wārānashī)
Korean: 바라나시 (Baranasi)

Marathi: वाराणसी n (vārāṇasī)
Persian: بنارس‎‎ (banâras), وارانسی‎‎ (vârânasi)
Russian: Варана́си m (Varanási), Банарас m (Banaras), Бенарес (Benares)
Telugu: వారణాసి (te) (vāraṇāsi)
Thai: พาราณสี (paaraannásĕe), วาราณสี (waaraanásĕe)
Urdu: بنارس‎‎ (banāras), کاشی‎‎ (kāśī), وارانسی‎‎ (vārāṇasī)

Anagrams

Avarians, Vasarian

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