madapollam

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noun

A soft cotton fabric manufactured from fine yarns.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounmadapollam (countable and uncountable, plural madapollams)

plural madapollams · alternative madapolam

  1. countableuncountableA soft cotton fabric manufactured from fine yarns.

Origin

  1. Teluguమాధపొల్లం
  2. Englishmadapollam

From Telugu మాధపొల్లం (mādhapollaṁ), after the village of మాధవయ్య-పాళెము (mādhavayya-pāḷemu) in Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Translations

Russian мадапола́м
  • мадапола́м (madapolám)fabric
Spanish madapolán
  • madapolánfabric
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APA

madapollam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/madapollam

MLA

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Chicago

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