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- proper noun a village in Sandaun,
Papua New Guinea . - proper noun the language of this village and the surrounding area.
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Examples
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My neighbor said, 'If it wasn't for those hoity-toities on Susquehanna Avenue, we wouldn't have this problem,' said Economopolous' daughter, Krisa Malecki, 31, whose home was flooded.
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Into his shrine he hastened, and on the altar he kindled the undying fire, and his bright arrows were hurled abroad, till all Krisa was filled with the blaze of his lightnings, so that fear came upon all, and the cries of the women rose shrill on the sultry air.
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And Krisa replied, 'Even as king Parikshit was roving, for purpose of hunting, O dear one, he placed the dead snake on the shoulder of thy sire.'
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Krisa, and speaking softly, he asked him, 'Pray, why doth my father bear today a dead snake?'
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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But Phœbus knew now that Telphusa had deceived him, because she said nothing of the great dragon of Krisa, or of the roughness of the land.
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And looking at Krisa, and speaking softly, he asked him, 'Pray, why doth my father bear today a dead snake?'
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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And Krisa replied, 'Even as king Parikshit was roving, for purpose of hunting, O dear one, he placed the dead snake on the shoulder of thy sire.'
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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So Apollo believed her words, and he went on through the land of the Phlegyes until he came to Krisa.
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Brahmanas, a companion of his, a Rishi's son named Krisa in a playful mood laughingly spoke unto him.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Adi Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Krisa; and the strong west wind came with its fierce breath, and drove them off to the east and towards the sunrising until they came to
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