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purgas

purgas is the plural 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

Questions about purgas

What is purgas the plural of?
Purgas is the plural of purga.

Words near purgas in the dictionary

  1. purganas
  2. purganna
  3. purgannah
  4. purgannahs
  5. purgannas
  6. purgas
  7. purgation
  8. purgations
  9. purgative
  10. purgatively
  11. purgatives

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