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a seaport in E Orissa, in E India, on the Bay of Bengal: temple of Krishna; Hindu pilgrimage center. Compare Juggernaut ( def 2 ).
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| an unleavened flaky Indian bread, that is deep-fried in ghee and served hot | |
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| Puri (ˈpʊəriː, pʊəˈriː) | |
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| a port in E India, in Orissa on the Bay of Bengal: 12th-century temple of Jagannath. Pop: 157 610 (2001) | |
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puri
two South American Indian tribes closely related in language and culture. According to a Coroado tradition, a feud between two families had caused the aboriginal tribe to divide in two. They lived in the lowlands of Mato Grosso state, Brazil. The Puri language is a dialect of Coroado, of the Macro-Ge linguistic group
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