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Alvar

or al·var

[ ahl-vahr ]

/ ˈɑl vɑr /

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noun Hinduism.

(in southern India) a holy person of the Vaishnava sect.

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Origin of Alvar

From Tamil āl̤vār, derivative of ār̤- “sink, be absorbed (as in contemplation)”

Words nearby Alvar

Alupent, alure, alutaceous, al-ʿUzza, Alva, Alvar, Alvarado, Alvarez, Alvarez hypothesis, Álvarez Quintero, Alvaro

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Example sentences from the Web for Alvar

"Don Alvar de Mendoce, for example," muttered Alphonse, between his teeth.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Your mother didn't sell the Alvar Street house until January of 1944.
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
In any event it was a house different from or other than the 2109 Alvar?
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Now, you lead me to ask something I should have asked heretofore, tell me about the neighborhood at 2109 Alvar.
Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Alvar was born in Xeres de la Frontera, Spain, toward the last of the fifteenth century.
The Spanish Pioneers|Charles F. Lummis

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