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rupa

rupa noun: form, shape, outward appearance.

Noun

rupa (uncountable)

  1. form, shape, outward appearance.

Proper noun capitalized: Rupa

Rupa

  1. A female given name.
    • The suit was filed by Rupa Marya, an internal medicine physician and professor at UCSF, identified as an expert in decolonial theory. Marya was placed on leave in September 2024 and had her clinical privileges briefly suspended by the UCSF executive medical board following comments she made on X...2025 June 7, Edward Helmore, “Professor sues University of California for suspension over comments about Israel’s war in Gaza”, in The Guardian

Origin of rupa

From Sanskrit रूप (rūpá, “form, shape, figure”).

Questions about rupa

What does rupa mean?
Rupa means form, shape, outward appearance.
What part of speech is rupa?
Rupa can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near rupa in the dictionary

  1. ruotees
  2. Ruotolo
  3. Ruotolos
  4. Ruovesi
  5. RUP
  6. rupa
  7. Rupanyup
  8. Rupar
  9. Rupard
  10. Rupards
  11. Rupars

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