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nirvana

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"Perfect bliss"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /nɪrˈvɑːn(ɑː)/Part of speech nounSorted aainnrvStarts with NEnds with A1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

Word origin

Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”), the second part cognate with Russian ве́тер (véter, “wind”), weather, vent and wind.

Used in a sentence

  • Welcome to this celebration of legal abortion. I wish January 22 meant more than that. The truth is that we are not winging our way to a state of nirvana for reproductive rights.
  • Though we don’t all reach nirvana when we swim, swimming may well be that last refuge from connectivity — and, for some, the only way to find the solitary self.

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