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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī).
Proper noun
Varanasi
- A large city in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Synonyms
Translations
city in India
- Awadhi: काशी (kāśī)
- Bengali: বারাণসী (bn) (baranośi)
- Bhojpuri: बनारस (banāras)
- Bishnupriya Manipuri: বারানসি
- Burmese: ဝါရာဏသီ (warana.si)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 維華拿斯 / 维华拿斯
- Mandarin: 瓦拉納西 / 瓦拉纳西 (Wǎlānàxī)
- Wu: 瓦拉納西 / 瓦拉纳西
- Czech: Váránasí n
- Doteli: वाराणसी (vārāṇasī)
- Dzongkha: ཝཱ་རཱ་ཎ་སཱི (wā rā ṇa sī)
- French: Bénarès (fr) m
- Gujarati: વારાણસી (vārāṇsī)
- Hindi: वाराणसी (hi) (vārāṇsī), बनारस (hi) (banāras)
- Japanese: ワーラーナシー (Wārānashī)
- Kannada: ವಾರಾಣಸಿ (vārāṇasi), ಕಾಶಿ (kn) (kāśi), ಬನಾರಸ್ (banāras)
- Konkani: काशी (kāśī)
- Korean: 바라나시 (Baranasi)
- Maithili: वाराणसी (vārāṇᵊsī)
- Malayalam: വാരാണസി (ml) (vārāṇasi), ബനാറസ് (banāṟasŭ)
- Marathi: वाराणसी n (vārāṇsī)
- Nepali: बनारस (banāras)
- Newar: वाराणासी (wārāṇāsī)
- Odia: ବାରାଣସୀ (or) (bārāṇasi)
- Persian: بنارس (banâras), وارانسی (vârânasi)
- Portuguese: Varanasi, (please verify) Varanássi
- Punjabi: ਵਾਰਾਣਸੀ (vārāṇsī)
- Russian: Варана́си m (Varanási), Банарас m (Banaras), Бенарес (Benares)
- Sanskrit: वाराणसी (sa) f (vārāṇasī)
- Santali: ᱵᱟᱨᱟᱬᱚᱥᱤ (baraṇôsi)
- Saraiki: بنارس (bnārs)
- Sindhi: واراناسي
- Sinhalese: වාරාණසී (wārāṇasī)
- Spanish: Benarés (es) m, Varanasi
- Tamil: வாரணாசி (ta) (vāraṇāci)
- Telugu: వారణాసి (te) (vāraṇāsi), కాశీ (te) (kāśī)
- Thai: พาราณสี (paaraannásĕe), วาราณสี (waaraanásĕe)
- Urdu: بنارس (banāras), کاشی (kāśī), وارانسی (vārāṇasī)
- Western Panjabi: وارانسی (vārānsī)
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Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɾaˈnasi/
- Rhymes: -asi
- Syllabification: Va‧ra‧na‧si
Proper noun
Varanasi ?
- (proscribed) Synonym of Benarés (“Varanasi”)
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