pargana

noun

par·​ga·​na

variants or pergunnah

pərˈgənə,

ˈpərgəˌnä

plural -s

: a group of towns in India constituting an administrative subdivision of the zillah

Word History

Etymology

Hindi pargana, from Persian

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