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koil

koil is the alternative form of kovil.

Meaning of kovil

Noun

kovil (plural kovils)

  1. (Hinduism) A Hindu temple built in a distinct style of Dravidian architecture.
    • Aruna went to the Pittsburgh Perumal kovil yesterday.

Proper noun capitalized: Koil

Koil

  1. Former name of Aligarh.

Forms of koil

pluralkoils

Questions about koil

What does koil mean?
Koil means former name of Aligarh.
What is koil the alternative form of?
Koil is the alternative form of kovil.
What part of speech is koil?
Koil is a proper noun.

Words near koil in the dictionary

  1. Koibal
  2. Koibals
  3. Koichi
  4. Koijam
  5. koikoi
  6. koil
  7. koilanaglyphic
  8. Koilandi
  9. Koiliaris
  10. koilo-
  11. koilocyte

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Adapted from Wiktionary: koil (page history and authors); Koil (page history and authors); kovil (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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