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A city and district at the north end of Lake Victoria, Uganda.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A Shinto place of worship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: lifestyle, religion
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noun
a city in Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center
History
Borrowed from Japanese 神社 (じんじゃ, jinja), from Middle Chinese 神社, from Old Chinese 神社 (“sacrificial altar, shrine”), from 神 (*hlin, “deity, divine”) + 社 (*ɦljaːʔ, “Earth deity [and altar]”). Cognate with Mandarin 神社 (shénshè, “shrine”).
