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ORISSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Orissa mean?
• ORISSA (noun)
The noun ORISSA has 1 sense:
1. state in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal
Familiarity information: ORISSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
State in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
province; state (the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation)
Holonyms ("Orissa" is a part of...):
Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)
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