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purga

purga noun: a fine blizzard of snow in Russia.

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

purga meaning in Tamil

purga in Tamil

பேகா

Forms of purga

pluralpurgas

Origin of purga

From Russian пурга́ (purgá), from a Finnic source such as southern Karelian purgu or Veps purg (“snowstorm”).

Questions about purga

What does purga mean?
Purga means a fine blizzard of snow in Russia.
What is purga in Tamil?
Purga in Tamil is பேகா. See Purga meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is purga?
Purga is a noun.
What is the plural of purga?
The plural of purga is purgas.

Words near purga in the dictionary

  1. Purfleet
  2. purfles
  3. purfling
  4. purflings
  5. purfly
  6. purga
  7. purgament
  8. purgaments
  9. purgana
  10. purganas
  11. purganna

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Adapted from Wiktionary: purga (page history and authors); purga (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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