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South Asia Words Starting with "O"

  • Okra (bhindi/ladies' finger) – Widely used vegetable.
  • Onam – Kerala harvest festival (Aug/Sep).
  • Odisha – East Indian state (formerly Orissa).
  • Ottu – Kerala unleavened rice flatbread.
  • Oxen – Draft animals in agriculture.
  • Opium – Historically cultivated (Bengal, Malwa); trade catalyst.
  • Ooty (Udhagamandalam) – Tamil Nadu hill station.
  • Outstation – Indian English: location outside main city (e.g., "outstation trip").
  • Outsourcing – IT/BPO industry term (India as global hub).
  • Om (Aum) – Sacred syllable in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism.
  • Upanishad – Vedantic philosophical texts.
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