Varanasi

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī).

Varanasi

1. A large city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.
   • 2023, Devika Rege, Quarterlife, Dialogue Books (2025), page 389:

     On either side of the roof, Varanasi stretched out in an arc, its sandstone walls catching the light until they shone a rich sepia gold.

   • 2024 September 8, Kamala Thiagarajan, “Women who are blind play a critical role in identifying possible breast cancers”, in NPR‎^[1]:

     Introduced in India in 2017, the program is now part of major hospitals in key Indian cities: Bengaluru, Varanasi, Gurugram and Delhi.

• Banaras
• Benares
• Kashi

• Avarians, Vasarian

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाराणसी (vārāṇasī)

• IPA^(key): /baɾaˈnasi/ [ba.ɾaˈna.si]
• Rhymes: -asi
• Syllabification: Va‧ra‧na‧si

Varanasi ?

1. (proscribed) synonym of Benarés (“Varanasi”)