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Benaʹres (3 syl.)

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One of the “most holy” citics of the Hindus, reverenced by them as much as Mecca is by the Mohammedans.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Beltenebros
Belvawney (Miss)
Belvedere [bel-ve-dear]
Belvidera (in Otway’s Venice Preserved)
Bemuse
Ben
Ben (a theatrical word)
Ben Jochanan
Ben trovato (Italian)
Benaiah
Benares
Benbow (Admiral)
Benbow
Bench
Bench
Bench and Bar
Benchers
Bend
Bend Sinister
Bendemeer
Bender

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Benares