Orissa
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- proper noun
- Literature
- Starvation deaths still occur in some parts of India, like Maharashtra and Orissa.
- women of Orissa
Examples
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An informal survey of inveterate travelers revealed that few, including frequent visitors to India, had ever heard of Orissa.
Academic text (2006) -
Only five beaches in the world are known sites of olive ridley arribadas: two in India's Orissa Province, another at a remote spot in Mexico, and at two points on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
Academic text (1995) -
Now, we looked at this in a field setting with workers in Orissa and rural in rural areas in India.
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Conscience brought my parents to India to work in a development project in rural Orissa a decade after the end of British rule.
Fiction book (1993) -
Of the 10 poorest regions in 1987 and 1988, five were either in Bihar or Orissa.
Academic text (1998) -
PHOTO (COLOR): This Bondo tribal community resides in a remote hilly area of Orissa on the East Coast of India.
Academic text (2011) -
The most distinguishing feature of Orissa's Kondh women is their geometric tattoos on their hands and faces.
Academic text (2006) -
Poverty remains persistent and widespread in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Orissa (see Figure 2 on page 10).
Academic text (1995) -
Known as "the naked people," the Bonda women of Orissa artfully cover themselves with hundreds of strands of yellow, orange, and white beads, which cascade elegantly like a brilliant bib.
Academic text (2006) -
The most distinguishing feature of Orissa's Kondh women is their geometric tattoos on their hands and faces.
Synonyms
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A state in eastern India on the Bay of Bengal known for temples, traditional dance, and beaches
Surface Forms
Etymology
Orissa comes from the local name Odisha, which in turn comes from an older name Odra, the name of a local people — in other words 'land of the Odras'. That's why Orissa was the English name for the region until the government 'changed' it to Odisha in 2011.