Varanasi

See also: Váránasí

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī).

Proper noun

Varanasi

1. A large city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Synonyms

• Banaras
• Benares

Translations

city in India

• Burmese: ဝါရာဏသီ (warana.si)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓦拉納西 / 瓦拉纳西 (Wǎlānàxī)

• Czech: Váránasí n
• Dzongkha: ཝཱ་རཱ་ཎ་སཱི (wā rā ṇa sī)
• French: Bénarès (fr) m
• Hindi: वाराणसी (hi) (vārāṇsī), बनारस (hi) (banāras)
• Japanese: ワーラーナシー (Wārānashī)
• Korean: 바라나시 (Baranasi)
• Malayalam: വാരാണസി (ml) (vārāṇasi), ബനാറസ് (banāṟasŭ)
• Marathi: वाराणसी n (vārāṇsī)
• Persian: بنارس (banâras), وارانسی (vârânasi)
• Portuguese: Varanasi, ^{(please verify)} Varanássi
• Russian: Варана́си m (Varanási), Банарас m (Banaras), Бенарес (Benares)
• Sanskrit: वाराणसी (sa) f (vārāṇasī)
• Spanish: Benarés (es) m, Varanasi
• Telugu: వారణాసి (te) (vāraṇāsi)
• Thai: พาราณสี (paaraannásĕe), วาราณสี (waaraanásĕe)
• Urdu: بنارس (banāras), کاشی (kāśī), وارانسی (vārāṇasī)

Anagrams

• Avarians, Vasarian

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baɾaˈnasi/ [ba.ɾaˈna.si]
• Rhymes: -asi
• Syllabification: Va‧ra‧na‧si

Proper noun

Varanasi ?

1. (proscribed) Synonym of Benarés (“Varanasi”)

See also

• Benarés