Orissa

/ (ɒˈrɪsə) /

noun

the former name (until 2011) of Odisha

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How to use Orissa in a sentence

First trade settlement established by treaty at Pipli in Orissa 1633.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 | Various
The next locality where we find a population akin to the Rajmahali mountaineers, is the mountain system of Orissa.
The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies | Robert Gordon Latham
In Orissa too, it is kept up with great eclat before the shrine of Juggurnauth and its environs.
The Hindoos as they Are | Shib Chunder Bose
The chief incidents of his administration were the Bhutan war and the terrible Orissa famine of 1866.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4 | Various
There is a much longer inscription very correctly copied in Stirling's 'History of Orissa.'
A Popular Account of the Manners and Customs of India | Charles Acland

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