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pettahs

pettahs is the plural 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

Questions about pettahs

What is pettahs the plural of?
Pettahs is the plural of pettah.

Words near pettahs in the dictionary

  1. petspace
  2. Pett
  3. petta
  4. pettable
  5. pettah
  6. pettahs
  7. pettara
  8. pettarah
  9. pettarahs
  10. pettaras
  11. pettas

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