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- [grah-mah-dahn, grah-mah-dahn, grahm-dahn]
- /grɑˈmɑ dɑn, ˌgrɑ mɑˈdɑn, grɑmˈdɑn/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [grah-mah-dahn, grah-mah-dahn, grahm-dahn]
- /grɑˈmɑ dɑn, ˌgrɑ mɑˈdɑn, grɑmˈdɑn/
Definition of gramadan word
- noun gramadan the practice advocated by followers of Mahatma Gandhi in which village landowners in India transfer the title to and the management of their property to a village assembly that represents the interests of all the villagers. 1
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Origin of gramadan
First appearance:
before 1955 One of the 4% newest English words
1955-60; < Hindi grāmadān, equivalent to grāma village + dān gift, donation
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Parts of speech for Gramadan
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
gramadan popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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