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Banaras

/bəˈnæɹəs/

Banaras is the alternative form of Varanasi.

Meaning of Varanasi

Proper noun

Varanasi

  1. A large city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.
    • On either side of the roof, Varanasi stretched out in an arc, its sandstone walls catching the light until they shone a rich sepia gold.2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 389
    Synonyms:
    Banaras, Benares, Kashi

Origin of Banaras

Borrowed from Hindi बनारस (banāras).

Questions about Banaras

What is Banaras the alternative form of?
Banaras is the alternative form of Varanasi.
How do you pronounce Banaras?
Banaras is pronounced /bəˈnæɹəs/.

Words near Banaras in the dictionary

  1. bananners
  2. bananoid
  3. banans
  4. Banao
  5. Banaoang
  6. Banaras
  7. Banasiak
  8. Banasiaks
  9. Banaskantha
  10. Banasura
  11. Banaszak

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Banaras (page history and authors); Varanasi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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