Krishna
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Statue of Krishna at Sri Mariamman Temple, Singapore
English
Alternative forms
- Kṛṣṇa (transliteration)
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Krishna (countable and uncountable, plural Krishnas)
- (Hinduism) A deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism.
- A river in southern India.
- A district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
- A male given name from Sanskrit.
- A surname from Sanskrit.
- 2022 October 4, Nikita Richardson, “Rice Cakes, Rice Rolls, Rice Sweets”, in The New York Times:
- 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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Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Krishna is the 18793rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1458 individuals. Krishna is most common among White (89.3%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Krishna”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 354.
Anagrams
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Proper noun
Krishna m