varna

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun a port city in northeastern Bulgaria on the Black Sea
noun (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis)

From Sanskrit वर्ण (várṇa, “colour, tint, dye, pigment, appearance, aspect”), from verbal root वृणोति (vṛṇoti, “to choose, select”).

I think there is a boat to Varna. — Paul Patoff, F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
The ancient name for caste was varna, which means "colour." — India, Its Life and Thought, John P. (John Peter) Jones
The aspect of Varna from the bay was somewhat depressing. — One of the Six Hundred: A Novel, James Grant

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