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palaiyam

palaiyam is the alternative spelling of pollam.

Meaning of pollam

Noun

pollam (plural pollams)

  1. A district in India held in feudal tenure by a poligar.
    • Of the tracts situated in the Southern Carnatic, consisting of Tinnevelly and the Manapar pollams, and the two Marawars of Ramnad and Shevagunga, and the western pollams, the Madras presidency had collected the tribute since 1792.1828, The East Indian gazetteer, volume 1, page 363

Forms of palaiyam

pluralpalaiyams

Questions about palaiyam

What is palaiyam the alternative spelling of?
Palaiyam is the alternative spelling of pollam.

Words near palaiyam in the dictionary

  1. palaistra
  2. palaistrai
  3. palaistras
  4. palaiyakkarar
  5. palaiyakkarars
  6. palaiyam
  7. palaiyams
  8. palak
  9. palaka
  10. palakas
  11. palakin

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