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puputan

puputan noun: a suicidal march towards an enemy as carried out by the aristocracy or ruling class of a Balinese kingdom.

Noun

puputan (plural puputans or puputan)

  1. (historical) A suicidal march towards an enemy as carried out by the aristocracy or ruling class of a Balinese kingdom.
    • According to their own records, the Dutch believed that the royal family had determined upon a fight to the death—another puputan—which left them with no alternative but all-out assault.2009, Jeff Lewis, Belinda Lewis, Bali's silent crisis, page 18
    • The puputan was both a sign to other kings of an end, and a way to achieve liberation of the soul by death in battle.2012, Adrian Vickers, Bali: A Paradise Created, 2nd edition, Tuttle, page 58

Forms of puputan

pluralpuputans
pluralpuputan

Origin of puputan

From Balinese puputan.

Questions about puputan

What does puputan mean?
Puputan means a suicidal march towards an enemy as carried out by the aristocracy or ruling class of a Balinese kingdom.
What part of speech is puputan?
Puputan is a noun.
What is the plural of puputan?
The plural of puputan is puputans.

Words near puputan in the dictionary

  1. pupu
  2. pupunha
  3. pupunhas
  4. pupusa
  5. pupusas
  6. puputan
  7. puputans
  8. pupy
  9. pupylated
  10. pupylation
  11. pupylome

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