Odia
Britishnoun
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a member of a people of India living chiefly in Odisha (formerly Orissa) and neighbouring states
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the state language of Odisha, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family
Example Sentences
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Growing up in Ann Arbor, there was an expectation that Odia Kaba would attend the University of Michigan.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2023
The shamans’ spirit husbands could speak Odia as they “wrote down” the names of the ancestors of the shamans’ clients.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 5, 2023
In one of the first classes, he was stunned to see a 7-year-old had forgotten the letters of the local Odia language he was schooled in.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2021
In 1973, the celebrated Nigerian poet Odia Ofeimun contemplated the moon landing with a poem that said, “We are annexing the kingdom of the gods.”
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2017
There was a Portuguese of the Order of St. Dominic in Odia, who had been residing in that court for the last two years, administering to the Portuguese who carried on trade in that region.
From History of the Philippine Islands by James Alexander Robertson
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