mela

Prefix

Forms words relating to black or dark

Origin

From Ancient Greek μέλας (melas, “black, dark”)

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Every twelfth year there is a special occasion called the Kumbh-mela, which is attended by a million of devotees at one time.
306), and of Pomponius Mela (ii.
Pomponius Mela says that the Cimbri and Teutones dwelt on the Sinus Codanus, the latter also in Scandinavia (or Sweden).
88; Pomponius Mela ii.
The first hint to reach Europe concerning the existence of habitable lands to the eastward of the Ganges is to be found in the writings of Pomponius Mela

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