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Noun: Benares
Usage: archaic
  1. An ancient holy city in northern India, located on the banks of the Ganges River in Uttar Pradesh state, considered one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and sacred in Hinduism and Buddhism
    - Varanasi, Banaras [archaic]

Part of: Uttar Pradesh

Encyclopedia: Benares