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polwar

polwar 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 polwar

pluralpolwars

Questions about polwar

What is polwar the alternative form of?
Polwar is the alternative form of pulwar.

Words near polwar in the dictionary

  1. poluustav
  2. Poluwat
  3. polverine
  4. polverines
  5. Polvijärvi
  6. polwar
  7. polwars
  8. Polwarth
  9. Polwarths
  10. Polwhele
  11. polwig

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