Benares

See also: Benáres and Benarés

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बनारस (banāras).

Proper noun

Benares

1. (dated) Alternative form of Varanasi: a city in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Translations

Varanasi city

• Czech: Benáres m

Further reading

• Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “Benares”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 83.

Anagrams

• Bereans, beaners