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havelis

havelis is the plural of haveli.

Meaning of haveli

Noun

haveli (plural havelis)

  1. A type of private mansion in India and Pakistan.
    • The haveli was a world within a world, self-contained and totally hidden from the view of the casual passer-by.1993, William Dalrymple, City of Djinns, Penguin, published 2004, page 55

Questions about havelis

What is havelis the plural of?
Havelis is the plural of haveli.

Words near havelis in the dictionary

  1. haveage
  2. haveages
  3. haveing
  4. Havel
  5. haveli
  6. havelis
  7. Havelka
  8. Havelkas
  9. havelock
  10. Havelock North
  11. Havelockian

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