Meanings
alternative Baleshwar
- A city in Odisha, in eastern India.
The Uſuwrper, called upon by the univerſal clamour of the people, and diſtreſſes of his country, once more quitted [...] and of all the country the Weſtern ſhore of the Hougley river from Ballaſore, to within a few miles Tanna's Fort, near the Engliſh ſettlement of Fort William.
1765, John Zephaniah Holwell, Interesting Historical Events, Relative to the Provinces of Bengal, and the Empire of Indostan: With a Seasonable Hint and Perswasive to the …, volume 1, T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, page 150
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Origin
- orrowed from Odia ବାଲେଶ୍ୱର
- EnglishBalasore
Borrowed from Odia ବାଲେଶ୍ୱର (bāleśwara).
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Balasore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balasore
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