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ledikeni

ledikeni noun: a fried sweetmeat of West Bengal, made from chhena and flour and filled with sugar syrup.

Noun

ledikeni (uncountable)

  1. A fried sweetmeat of West Bengal, made from chhena and flour and filled with sugar syrup.
    Synonyms:
    Lady Canning

Synonyms of ledikeni

Origin of ledikeni

Bengali লেডিকেনি (leḍikeni), named after Lady Canning, the wife of Charles Canning, Governor-General of India from 1856-62.

Questions about ledikeni

What does ledikeni mean?
Ledikeni means a fried sweetmeat of West Bengal, made from chhena and flour and filled with sugar syrup.
What part of speech is ledikeni?
Ledikeni is a noun.

Words near ledikeni in the dictionary

  1. ledgy
  2. Ledhead
  3. Ledheads
  4. Ledian
  5. ledienoside
  6. ledikeni
  7. Ledin
  8. Ledingham
  9. Ledinghams
  10. Ledins
  11. ledipasvir

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