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Newar

Newar noun: the historical inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley and its surrounding areas in Nepal, and creators of its historic heritage and civilization.

Noun

Newar pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The historical inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley and its surrounding areas in Nepal, and creators of its historic heritage and civilization.

Proper noun

Newar

  1. The Sino-Tibetan language of this people.
  2. Synonym of Newa (“script”).
    • The Newa script, also known as Nepaalalipi in Nepal and as Newar in English-speaking countries, is a Brahmi-based script that dates to the tenth century ce.2022 September, “Version 15.0 – Core Specification”, in Unicode, page 533
    Synonyms:
    Newa

Newar meaning in Gujarati

Newar in Gujarati

Newar
નેવાર nevār

Synonyms of Newar

Forms of Newar

alternative formNevar
alternative formNewa
alternative formNewah
alternative formNiwar

Questions about Newar

What does Newar mean?
Newar means the historical inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley and its surrounding areas in Nepal, and creators of its historic heritage and civilization.
What is Newar in Gujarati?
Newar in Gujarati is નેવાર (nevār). See Newar meaning in Gujarati.
What part of speech is Newar?
Newar can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Newar in the dictionary

  1. New-Yorkian
  2. Newa
  3. Newah
  4. Newall
  5. Newall with Clifton
  6. Newar
  7. Newari
  8. Newark
  9. Newark and Sherwood
  10. Newark Valley
  11. Newark-on-Trent

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Newar (page history and authors); નેવાર (Gujarati) (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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