Janjira

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A princely state in India during the British Raj, located on the Konkan coast in the present-day Raigad district of Maharashtra.

Word forms

Janjira

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi जंजिरा (jañjirā), from Classical Persian جزیره (jazīra), from Arabic جَزِيرَة (jazīra).

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