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petta

petta is the alternative form of pettah.

Meaning of pettah

Noun

pettah (plural pettahs)

  1. A town, sometimes fortified, outside a fort.
    • We had not hitherto seen the face of the enemy, but now the walls of both the Pettah —native town— and fort were lined with men whose arms glittered in the sun1830, James Welsh, Military Reminiscences, 2nd edition, volume 1

Forms of petta

pluralpettas

Questions about petta

What is petta the alternative form of?
Petta is the alternative form of pettah.

Words near petta in the dictionary

  1. petsitter
  2. petsitters
  3. petsitting
  4. petspace
  5. Pett
  6. petta
  7. pettable
  8. pettah
  9. pettahs
  10. pettara
  11. pettarah

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