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poorga

poorga is the alternative form of purga.

Meaning of purga

Noun

purga (plural purgas)

  1. A fine blizzard of snow in Russia.
    • When the black purga blows it can pile the snow higher than a ship's mast overnight.2005, James Meek, The People's Act of Love, Canongate, published 2006, page 191

Forms of poorga

pluralpoorgas

Questions about poorga

What is poorga the alternative form of?
Poorga is the alternative form of purga.

Words near poorga in the dictionary

  1. poored
  2. poorer
  3. poorer-quality
  4. poorest
  5. poorest-quality
  6. poorga
  7. poorgas
  8. poorhouse
  9. poorhouses
  10. poori
  11. poories

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poorga (page history and authors); purga (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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