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bastis

bastis is the plural of basti.

Meaning of basti

Noun

basti (plural bastis)

  1. (India, North) A slum.
    • There is a dreary bustee in the neighbourhood which is said to make the most of any cholera that may be going.1891, Rudyard Kipling, The City Of Dreadful Night

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Questions about bastis

What is bastis the plural of?
Bastis is the plural of basti.

Words near bastis in the dictionary

  1. bastionets
  2. bastioning
  3. bastionlike
  4. bastions
  5. bastirma
  6. bastis
  7. bastle
  8. bastles
  9. bastnaesite
  10. bastnaesites
  11. bastnasite

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