aurung

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A factory of the East India Company for the purchase, on advances, of native piece goods etc.

Word forms

aurung aurungs

Etymology

From Hindi [Term?], from Portuguese [Term?] (“a place where goods are manufactured; a depot for such goods”).

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