Benares
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hindi बनारस (banāras).
Proper noun edit
Benares
- (dated) Alternative form of Varanasi, a city in Uttar Pradesh, India
Translations edit
Varanasi city
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Further reading edit
- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “Benares”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 83.