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kaliya

kaliya noun: a Sri Lankan curry made with eggplant, plantain, and potato.

Noun

kaliya (uncountable)

  1. A Sri Lankan curry made with eggplant, plantain, and potato.

Proper noun capitalized: Kaliya

Kaliya

  1. (Hinduism) The name of a poisonous Naga living in the river Yamuna, who was killed by Krishna.

Forms of kaliya

alternative formqaliya

Origin of kaliya

Transliteration of Sanskrit कालिय (kāliya).

Questions about kaliya

What does kaliya mean?
Kaliya means a Sri Lankan curry made with eggplant, plantain, and potato.
What part of speech is kaliya?
Kaliya can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near kaliya in the dictionary

  1. kaliuresis
  2. kaliuretic
  3. Kaliuzhny
  4. Kaliuzhnyi
  5. Kaliuzny
  6. kaliya
  7. Kaliyah
  8. Kaliyuga
  9. Kaljuzny
  10. Kalk
  11. Kalka

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