Krishna
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Krishna
- /ˈkɹɪʃnə/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ɪʃnə
proper noun Krishnas · Kṛṣṇa
- A deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism. The carpenter had disappeared, leaving half-finished not one but three images, as they are still today, identified as Krishna, Balarama and their sistier Subhadra.
- A river in southern India.
- A district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
- A male given name from Sanskrit.
- A surname from Sanskrit. Fittingly, I enjoyed those warm and crunchy-tender Korean rice cakes beneath slightly salty ham and a drizzle of floral honey with my colleague Priya Krishna, who first put me on to the rice-cake fundido at Haenyeo in Park Slope, Brooklyn, back in 2019.
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Closest in meaning: gopal, godavari, eyes, govinda, gopala, keshava, madhava, murari, shyam, damodara, achyuta, kanha, vasudeva, hari, jagannatha, mukunda
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Talk about this word "Krishna." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/krishna. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. Krishna. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/krishna "Krishna." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/krishna.Cite this
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title = {Krishna},
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