Odisha (Odi) Odi: ଓଡ଼ିଶା ōḍiśā ‘Land of the Odras’ [Orissa] From Skt/Pkt: odra/odda. ‘Odra (people)’; Skt/Pkt: visaya/ rāṣṭra,/rājya, ‘kingdom, territory, region’. In 2011the state officially changed its name from Orissa to Odisha and the name of its language from...
Odi: ଅନୁଗୋଳ anugoḻa ‘Pleasant City’ [Angulaka-Pattana, Anugul] – City/District, Odisha From Skt: anukūla, ‘favourable’, ‘agreeable‘ (lit. ‘with the slope/current/grain’); and Odi: paṭṭana, ‘town’, ‘city’. Angul is referred to as the...
