Odia

/ əˈdiːə /

noun

Odia a member of a people of India living chiefly in Odisha (formerly Orissa) and neighbouring states
the state language of Odisha, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family

The army of Pegu at length besieged the city of Odia, in which the king of Siam resided.

The danger is thence, that they are under the conduct of hot men: falsos in amore odia non fingere.

Favores ampliandi sunt; odia restringenda: "Favors are to be amplified; hateful things to be restrained."

Odia is the name of a low Madras caste of masons, but whether it is a corruption of Uriya is not clear.

Primum improbantur ii quaestus, qui in odia hominum incurrunt, ut portitorum, ut faeneratorum.

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