Banaras

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Banaras

/bəˈnæɹəs/

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Borrowed from Hindi बनारस (banāras).

proper noun

alternative Alternative form of Varanasi: a city in Uttar Pradesh, India. He said he was born in Banaras and could arrange for anything, his intimacy with the city evident in his use of its popular name.

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@misc{banaras_2026,
  title = {Banaras},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/banaras},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}