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Firangi
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firangi
English
Noun
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en 1996 Keki N. Daruwalla The Day of the Winter Solstice The Minister for Permanent Unrest & other stories 126 ‘There is no higher feature this side of the river than your house. You could be the first to notice the Firangi army when it nears Kalinadi.’
en 2007 Feryal Ali Gauhar No Space for Further Burials 99 We watched the Firangi as they struggled through the pass, their hands frozen and fingers unable to load their heavy muskets.
Quotations
en 1896 James Dunning Baker Gribble A History of the Deccan 1 389 The Firangi Buruj or Portuguese Tower, about 1000 yards east of the Fateh Gate, is the most complete of all the bastions,
Anagrams
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