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Janjira

Janjira proper noun: a princely state in India during the British Raj, located on the Konkan coast in the present-day Raigad district of Maharashtra.

Proper noun

Janjira

  1. (historical) A princely state in India during the British Raj, located on the Konkan coast in the present-day Raigad district of Maharashtra.

Origin of Janjira

Borrowed from Marathi जंजिरा (jañjirā), from Classical Persian جزیره (jazīra), from Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra).

Questions about Janjira

What does Janjira mean?
Janjira means a princely state in India during the British Raj, located on the Konkan coast in the present-day Raigad district of Maharashtra.
What part of speech is Janjira?
Janjira is a proper noun.

Words near Janjira in the dictionary

  1. janizars
  2. janizary
  3. janjaweed
  4. Janjgir-Champa
  5. Janjina
  6. Janjira
  7. Janjua
  8. Janjukian
  9. jank
  10. Jankauskas
  11. Janke

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