Tribeni
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English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hindi त्रिबेनी (tribenī), from Sanskrit त्रिवेणी (triveṇī).
Proper noun
[edit]Tribeni
- A town in Hooghly district in West Bengal where the river Bhagirathi Hooghly (one of the two main distributaries of the Ganges) splits into three more distributaries; it is of great significance to Hindus.
References
[edit]- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “Tribeni”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].