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chinthes

chinthes is the plural of chinthe.

Meaning of chinthe

Noun

chinthe (plural chinthes)

  1. A leograph that is often seen at the entrances of Southeast Asian pagodas and temples
    • The artists are forced endlessly to carve figures of elephants and leographs of chinthes.1998, Feroz Kapadia, South East Asia: Burma, Cambodia, Anmol publications, page 85

Questions about chinthes

What is chinthes the plural of?
Chinthes is the plural of chinthe.

Words near chinthes in the dictionary

  1. chinsy
  2. chint
  3. Chinta Valley
  4. Chinteni
  5. chinthe
  6. chinthes
  7. Chintin
  8. chints
  9. chintses
  10. chintz
  11. chintze

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