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Noun: varna  vaa(r)-nu
  1. (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis)
    "The varna system categorized society into four main classes"
Noun: Varna
  1. A port city in northeastern Bulgaria on the Black Sea

Derived forms: varnas

Type of: city, group, grouping, metropolis, port, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Bulgaria, Republic of Bulgaria

Encyclopedia: Varna, New York