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palwar

palwar is the alternative form of pulwar.

Meaning of pulwar

Noun

pulwar (plural pulwars)

  1. A keelless riverboat used in northeast India and Bangladesh, chiefly to carry cargo.
    • When at sail, the Halder budgerow always towed another, smaller boat in its wake, a pulwar […]2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 40

Forms of palwar

pluralpalwars

Questions about palwar

What is palwar the alternative form of?
Palwar is the alternative form of pulwar.

Words near palwar in the dictionary

  1. palustric
  2. palustrine
  3. palustrous
  4. Paluxy Man
  5. Palwal
  6. palwar
  7. palwars
  8. paly
  9. palygorskite
  10. palygorskites
  11. palygorskitic

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