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Benares

British  
/ bɪˈnɑːrɪz /

noun

  1. the former name of Varanasi

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The court heard they had been in contact prior to the Annabel's incident, including for lunch meetings at Benares and the Beaverbrook Town House five-star hotel.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

Nearby, Aankit Malhotra took over Indian restaurant Benares with his brother in 2019.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2021

Now, Benares has about 10 lunch orders a day, down from 100.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2021

Taseer realizes this near the end of his stay in Benares, when he absent-mindedly brings his driver along to a dinner hosted by a Brahmin family.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 30, 2019

At Benares station, Sonia asks her father to buy her a slice of jack- fruit, which makes her lips itch unbearably, then swell to three times their size.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri