Telugu
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9.3
- noun
- /ˈtɛlʊɡu/
- As it happens, in the areas in which I work—the Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam cultures of southern India—there is no dearth of such threatened treasures.
- Telugu Desam Party
Examples
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First generation (Sub-ethnicity: Telugu)
Academic text (2018) -
The government caved in, and within days it conceded the formation of Andhra Pradesh, the Telugu-speaking unit of the Union.
Academic text (2004) -
Sriramalu, a speaker of Telugu, a major language in southern India, was particularly insistent that an autonomous "State" of the Indian Union consisting of the region inhabited by his Telugu-speaking ethnolinguistic community be created, as the Congress party had specifically promised to do in 1937.
Academic text (2004) -
The Telugu people celebrate their cultural heritage with vibrant festivals in Andhra Pradesh.
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Many Telugu speakers have immigrated to different countries while maintaining their rich traditions.
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He met several families from the Telugu community at the cultural fair last weekend.
Synonyms
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8.5
A person from the native peoples of southern India who speaks languages like Tamil or Telugu
Surface Forms
Etymology
Telugu is the name the people of southeastern India use for themselves, and older forms of the name include Telinga. One popular story says this grew from Trilinga, meaning 'three lingas' or three holy stones that marked the land, so Telugu now refers to the people from that region.