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shikaras

shikaras is the plural of shikara.

Meaning of shikara

Noun

shikara (plural shikaras)

  1. (India) A type of small wooden boat
    • The thaw had come rapidly, as usual; many of the small boats, the shikaras, had been caught napping, which was also normal.1981, Salman Rushdie, chapter 1, in Midnight's Children

Questions about shikaras

What is shikaras the plural of?
Shikaras is the plural of shikara.

Words near shikaras in the dictionary

  1. shijos
  2. shikakai
  3. shikakais
  4. shikar
  5. shikara
  6. shikaras
  7. shikared
  8. shikaree
  9. shikarees
  10. shikargah
  11. shikargahs

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