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Noun: houri  hûr-ee
  1. A voluptuously beautiful young woman
    - nymph
     
  2. (Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise

Derived forms: houris

Type of: adult female, mythical being, woman

Encyclopedia: Houri

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