Meaning

7 senses
  1. (usually)The abode of the gods at the center of the universe in Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist traditions.

    2013, Eric Huntington, Portrait of a Landscape: Depictions of the Meru Cosmos in Buddhist Art & Culture, Dissertation, University of Chicago.

  2. The Ameru people of Kenya.

  3. The Ameru language.

  4. A region and county of Kenya where the Ameru people live.

  5. (usually)A mountain in Arusha, Tanzania.

  6. A people of northern Tanzania, of the Arumeru district of Arusha region.

  7. (usually)A mountain in the Indian section of the Himalayas.

Origin

From Sanskrit मेरु (Mēru) From Meru Ameru

From Sanskrit मेरु (Mēru)

From Meru Ameru

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
mountain abode of gods in Buddhist, Hindu and Jainistic traditions:Mount MeruSumeru
mountain in India:Meru Peak

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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