orissa
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.83 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The firſt had conſtantly reſided with his father at Cuttack, the capital of Oriſſa, and the other, with his grandfather at Morſhadabad."
- "THAT as the different Provincial Councils, eſtabliſhed in the ſaid Provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Oriſſa, had been ever ſince their Eſtabliſhment accuſtomed to refer Cauſes of great Moment and Importance, particularly [...]"
- "To the Government of Bengal they had repeatedly announced their determination not to aim at any power or possessions, but what was held in virtue of the Mogul's grants, and confined within the boundaries of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa."
- ""The languages spoken here are various, as there are Hindoos from every country in India: but the two chief languages in use by those who are resident, are the Orissa and the Telinga. The border of the Telinga Country is only a few miles distant from the Tower of Juggernaut.""
- "It is of the fourth and probably least important race of Hindu monarchs of the middle ages, the Gajapatis of Orissa, that I propose to offer an account in this part of my paper; but to render the chapter complete, I shall add a sketch of the history of the province down to the date of the British conquest, A. D. 1803."
- "The English Government has respected the patrimony of Jagannáth not less scrupulously than it has conserved the general religious endowments of Orissa."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ओड्रदेश