Meanings
- A district of Odisha, India.
It was bounded on the west by Gondwana, on the north by the wild hill states of Jashpur and Singhbhurm on the east by the sea and on the south by Ganjam.
1964, Nabin Kumar Sahu, Utkal University History Of Orissa, volume 1, The Utkal University, page 1411 more example
The changes, with which Huen Tsiang makes us familiar, should be duly noted here, for we find that when the Chinese traveller visited Orissa and Ganjam, the rude people of Utkala and Orissa freely flowed into the sea-board tract of Orissa, and the people of Kalinga speaking a Dravidian speech were limited within the confines of the country which has got the designation Andhra Deśa to-day.
1921, B. C. Mazumdar, Typical Selections From Oriya Literature, volume 1, The University of Calcutta, page 18
Origin
- orrowed from Odia ଗଞ୍ଜାମ
- EnglishGanjam
Borrowed from Odia ଗଞ୍ଜାମ (gañjāma).
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