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Meaning of Ashoka | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/əˈʃoʊkə/

Definitions

  1. A tree of species Saraca asoca, native to South Asia and western Myanmar.
  2. An ancient Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE.
    historical
  3. A tree of species Saraca indica, native to Southeast Asia and eastern Myanmar.
  4. The charioteer of Bhima in the epic Mahabharata.
    Hinduism

Equivalents

العربية أَشُوكَا
Deutsch Ashoka
Ελληνικά Ασόκα
Español Aśoka
Suomi Ašoka
Français Ashoka
हिन्दी अशोक
한국어 아소카 아육왕
Nederlands Asoka
Português Ashoka Asoka
Русский Ашо́ка
ไทย อโศก

Examples

“The defeat inflicted by Ashoka must have brought about depression and retarded the growth for some centuries.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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