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bania

bania is the alternative form of bunnia.

Meaning of bunnia

Noun

bunnia (plural bunnias)

  1. (India) A merchant or trader.
    • I dare not tell, do anything, or get anything done, because I am in debt to Bhangwan Dass the bunnia for two gold rings and a heavy anklet.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “In the House of Suddhoo”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio, published 2005, page 103

Forms of bania

pluralbanias

Questions about bania

What is bania the alternative form of?
Bania is the alternative form of bunnia.

Words near bania in the dictionary

  1. Banhams
  2. Banhs
  3. banhu
  4. banhus
  5. bani
  6. bania
  7. baniak
  8. baniaks
  9. banian
  10. banians
  11. banias

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bania (page history and authors); bunnia (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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