Varanasi
/vəˈɹænəsi/
Varanasi proper noun: a large city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Proper noun
Varanasi
- A large city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.
- On either side of the roof, Varanasi stretched out in an arc, its sandstone walls catching the light until they shone a rich sepia gold.2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 389
- Introduced in India in 2017, the program is now part of major hospitals in key Indian cities: Bengaluru, Varanasi, Gurugram and Delhi.2024 September 8, Kamala Thiagarajan, “Women who are blind play a critical role in identifying possible breast cancers”, in NPR
Varanasi meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Varanasi in Hindi
- city in India
- वाराणसी vārāṇsī, बनारस banāras, काशी kāśī
Varanasi in Tamil
- city in India
- காசி kāci, வாரணவாசி vāraṇavāci, வாரணசி vāraṇaci, வாரணாசி vāraṇāci
Varanasi in Marathi
- city in India
- वाराणसी vārāṇsī
Varanasi in Urdu
- city in India
- بنارس banāras, کاشی kāśī, وارانسی vārāṇasī
More languagesFewer languages
- Varanasi in Bengali
- বারাণসী baranośi, বেনারস benaroś, কাশী kaśi
- Varanasi in Telugu
- వారణాసి vāraṇāsi
- Varanasi in Malayalam
- വാരാണസി vārāṇasi, ബനാറസ് banāṟasŭ
- Varanasi in Odia
- ବନାରସ banārasa, ବାରାଣସୀ bārāṇasi
- Varanasi in Sanskrit
- वाराणसी vārāṇasī
- Varanasi in Persian
- بنارس banâras, وارانسی vârânasi
- Varanasi in Thai
- พาราณสี paaraannásĕe, วาราณสี waaraanásĕe
- Varanasi in Myanmar
- ဝါရာဏသီ warana.si
- Dzongkha
- ཝཱ་རཱ་ཎ་སཱི wā rā ṇa sī
Synonyms of Varanasi
Origin of Varanasi
Borrowed from Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī).
Phrases with Varanasi
Questions about Varanasi
- What does Varanasi mean?
- Varanasi means a large city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.
- What is Varanasi in Hindi?
- Varanasi in Hindi is वाराणसी (vārāṇsī), बनारस (banāras), काशी (kāśī). See Varanasi meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Varanasi?
- Varanasi is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Varanasi?
- Varanasi is pronounced /vəˈɹænəsi/.
Words near Varanasi in the dictionary
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