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  • noun Plural form of Oriya.

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Examples

  • Assamese and Oriya are nearer to each other in dialect but differ in their racial origin; Oriyas are nearer to Caucasoid while Assamese are nearer to Mongoloid.

    Sense & Sensuality 2009

  • Assamese and Oriya are nearer to each other in dialect but differ in their racial origin; Oriyas are nearer to Caucasoid while Assamese are nearer to Mongoloid.

    Archive 2009-09-01 2009

  • He was met and escorted by members of the middle-class, but seen and heard by countless Oriyas of less elevated backgrounds, among them barbers, carpenters, peasants, and labourers...

    Orissa is worshipping The Mother and Sri Aurobindo on a mass scale Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

  • He was met and escorted by members of the middle-class, but seen and heard by countless Oriyas of less elevated backgrounds, among them barbers, carpenters, peasants, and labourers...

    Archive 2008-02-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

  • Honorary doctorates to four Oriya luminaries - Monday, January 30 Bhubaneswar: On the occasion of 39th Convocation ceremony on 28th January Utkal University has honoured four eminent Oriyas - by conferring honorary doctorates on them.

    Oriya luminaries Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

  • Returning from a visit to Andamans (Indian controlled islands off Burma) Rajiv Gandhi commenting to reporters about the Island's demography said that the Island had sizable number of Oriyas, Bengalis, Punjabis and "Madrassis".

    Why are South Indians so smart? Steve Sailer 2002

  • On Wednesday morning, Utkal Sammilani, the 107-year-old forum that was instrumental for birth of a separate state for the Oriyas, took up a procession on the main thoroughfares of the Capital reminding the people about the relevance of conserving culture, tradition and identity.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • "In towns like Bhilai, they are seen even by Oriyas, Sindhis, Biharis and Bengalis," says

    The Times of India 2010

  • Aim is interface between State investors and non-resident Oriyas

    The Hindu - Front Page 2010

  • Officials said the latest move is to counter the growing feeling that a large number of non-Oriyas are taking up jobs in the new projects leaving the locals behind.

    Latest News Online - Express Indian 2010

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