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- noun in India a
foreigner , or awanderer
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Examples
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The Daniel/Japheth family were part of the Paradesi community, dominated by the so-called “white” Jews.
Ruby Daniel. 2009
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On a shabby lane in Kochi you can find a complex of four 439-year-old buildings--the Paradesi Synagogue.
India's Jews 2007
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