Devi
Americannoun
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a mother goddess of which Durga, Kali, etc., are particular forms.
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Also called Annapurna. Also called Pārvatī. the consort of Shiva, identified with Shakti and Kali as a goddess of love, maternity, and death.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Devi
From Sanskrit, feminine of deva deva
Example Sentences
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Devi has used many years’ worth of meager birthday savings to send away for college-admissions materials, which she has cherished “like secret and holy things” and stowed carefully under her cot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Those same programmes meant just as much to Krishna Devi, who arrived in 1967 and lived in Harehills, another inner-city neighbourhood in Leeds.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
On the hottest days, his mother Madhuri Devi said she repeatedly vomited while cooking over the stove.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
Two influential books by Indra Devi had been published in the 1950s, and out in California, a man named Richard Hittleman was teaching it on local TV.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Devi looked up at the ceiling, as if calculating odds in her head.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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