Etymology

Naxalite

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Today it means: A member of any of several militant Maoist movements in India. Full definition →

Bengali নকশালবাড়ি
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  1. Bengali · derived fromনকশালবাড়ি“Naxalbari”
  2. English todayNaxalite

Derived from Bengali নকশালবাড়ি (nokśalbaṛi, “Naxalbari”), the village where the movement originated in the late 1960s. See -ite.

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