Varna

Var·na  (värn)

A city of eastern Bulgaria on the Black Sea north-northeast of Burgas. Founded in the sixth century b.c. as a Greek colony, it came under Turkish control in 1391 and was ceded to newly independent Bulgaria in 1878. It is a port and an industrial center. Population: 323,000.

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varna [ˈvɑːnə]

n

(Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) any of the four Hindu castes; Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, or Sudra

[from Sanskrit: class]

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Varna (Bulgarian) [ˈvarna]

n

(Placename) a port in NE Bulgaria, on the Black Sea: founded by Greeks in the 6th century bc; under the Ottoman Turks (1391-1878). Pop.: 299 801 (1999 est.) Former name (1949-56) Stalin

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Varna - a port city in northeastern Bulgaria on the Black Sea Bulgaria, Republic of Bulgaria - a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe
	2.	varna - (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis) group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit Hindooism, Hinduism - a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils jati - (Hinduism) a Hindu caste or distinctive social group of which there are thousands throughout India; a special characteristic is often the exclusive occupation of its male members (such as barber or potter) brahman, brahmin - the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal category rajanya - the second highest of the four varnas: the noble or warrior category vaisya - the third of the four varnas: the commoners or yeoman farmers or mercantile and professional category shudra, sudra - the lowest of the four varnas: the servants and workers of low status