Etymology

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Today it means: Used to form the names of cities and towns, especially in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Full definition →

Sanskrit पुर
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  1. Sanskrit · derived fromपुर“city, town”
  2. English today-pore

From Sanskrit पुर (púra, “city, town”).

Words from the same roots

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AnantapurRatnapuraFaridpur DistrictHarimaupuraMadaripur DistrictPirojpur DistrictSaidpurSri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.