Meanings
plural Meriahs · alternative Mariah
- historicalA victim of human sacrifice by the Khond people of India.
After the suppression of Meriah sacrifice the British Government became keen for the settlement of the rescued Meriahs.
1992, Nihar Ranjan Patnaik, History and Culture of Khond Tribes, page 304
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