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ANAPURNA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Anapurna mean?
• ANAPURNA (noun)
The noun ANAPURNA has 2 senses:
1. wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty
2. a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (26,500 feet high)
Familiarity information: ANAPURNA used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Instance hypernyms:
Hindu deity (a deity worshipped by the Hindus)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (26,500 feet high)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Anapurna; Annapurna
Instance hypernyms:
mountain peak (the summit of a mountain)
Holonyms ("Anapurna" is a part of...):
Kingdom of Nepal; Nepal (a small landlocked Asian country high in the Himalayas between India and China)
Himalaya; Himalaya Mountains; Himalayas (a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet; this range contains the world's highest mountain)
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