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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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name
An English habitational surname from Anglo-Norman, from the name of a village in Manche, Normandy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A Hindu temple.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, archaic
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noun
A palace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, archaic
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noun
A church.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, archaic
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History
Borrowed from Tamil கோவில் (kōvil, literally “god-house”).
