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puputans

puputans is the plural of puputan.

Meaning of puputan

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

Questions about puputans

What is puputans the plural of?
Puputans is the plural of puputan.

Words near puputans in the dictionary

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

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