Etymology

Benaulim

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Today it means: A village in Goa, India. Full definition →

Portuguese Benaulim ← kok बाणावली ← Kannada ಬಾಣಹಳ್ಳಿ
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The story

  1. Kannada · derived fromಬಾಣಹಳ್ಳಿ“village of arrows”
  2. kok · derived fromबाणावली
  3. Portuguese · borrowed fromBenaulim
  4. English todayBenaulim

From Portuguese Benaulim, from Konkani बाणावली (bāṇāvlī), from Kannada ಬಾಣಹಳ್ಳಿ (bāṇahaḷḷi, “village of arrows”).

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