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Santal

Santal

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A member of a group of people who live mainly in eastern India and Bangladesh
  • proper noun
: santal
  • While there is a significant proportion of Muslims in Kestopur, there are no Santal households in the village.

Examples

  • The university offered a course on the history and culture of the Santal indigenous group.

  • The Santal people have their own unique traditions and cultural practices in eastern India.

  • You have Sweetness, Ernie, McMan, Fisk, Santal, Fergie...

    Fireflies in the Garden (2008)

  • The low castes amounted to 27 percent, and there were approximately 5 percent tribals (Munda, Santal, Oraon) recruited from Chota Nagpur in Bihar.

    Academic text (1994)

  • In many villages, you can find Santal communities who speak their native language, Santali.

Surface Forms

Santal main

Etymology

Santal is the name of a native people in eastern India and Bangladesh and comes from how they call themselves, often written Santhal. So a Santal is a person from that group and is part of their language and traditions.