palli
- noun
- Archaic
:
escuela
- Students gathered at the local palli to study their lessons together.
Examples
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The ancient palli served as a center of knowledge for scholars in the region.
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In the small village, the palli was known for its rich history of education.
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So from what part of the primitive palli and pre mammalian reptiles did in the cortex see though, what did I say earlier in the class?
Synonyms
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A building where children learn, often a single room in a village
A school or university in the Middle Ages where people learned
A building where students live and study together, often with a shared dining hall
A Muslim boarding school in Indonesia run by religious teachers
How Advanced
Surface Forms
Etymology
Palli was also used in Tamil and Sinhala for a place where people met to learn or be taught, so it came to mean a 'school' in some regions. Think of a small community room where children learned—this is how palli keeps the meaning of a local school.