Balasore

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UK/ˈbɑːləsɔː/US/ˈbæləsoɹ/

proper noun

A city in Odisha, in eastern India.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Baleshwar

  1. 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
  2. A district of Odisha, India, in which the city is based.

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Origin

  1. orrowed from Odia ବାଲେଶ୍ୱର
  2. EnglishBalasore

Borrowed from Odia ବାଲେଶ୍ୱର (bāleśwara).

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