Firangi
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See also: firangi
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Firangi (plural Firangi)
- Alternative spelling of firangi
- 1996, Keki N. Daruwalla, “The Day of the Winter Solstice”, in The Minister for Permanent Unrest & other stories, page 126:
- ‘There is no higher feature this side of the river than your house. You could be the first to notice the Firangi army when it nears Kalinadi.’
- 2007, Feryal Ali Gauhar, No Space for Further Burials, page 99:
- We watched the Firangi as they struggled through the pass, their hands frozen and fingers unable to load their heavy muskets.
Quotations
[edit]- 1896, James Dunning Baker Gribble, A History of the Deccan, volume 1, page 389:
- The Firangi Buruj or Portuguese Tower, about 1000 yards east of the Fateh Gate, is the most complete of all the bastions, […]