Gora

/ˈɡəʊɹə/ · adjective

Meaning

(South Asia, India, Pakistan) Pertaining to a fair-skinned or European person..

Definitions by Sense

1. (South Asia, India, Pakistan) Pertaining to a fair-skinned or European person.
2. (British Pakistani, Pakistan, North India) A white person; a European.

Example Sentences

"Sir! Yes." He saluted, did an about face and marched off. Sher swiveled around in his chair and looked fondly at the picture of the huge dead tiger and the embarrassed looking white, gora king, Edward.

Barun enjoys this gora food as much as Indian food, but he comes to recognise its symbolic associations and power, becoming troubled by his own patterns of consumption.

So Myra, whose daughter is studying in Stand Ford (I think so it's in LA only), says people there voted for Hilary and they all hate Trump, so she's safe (and in any case she's very gora and she's dyed her hair blonde) but Sunny, whose smaller son is in Cantucky, where there are lots of Trump kay log, is so scared she's thinking of calling him back.

Every day after that, my parents showed off their daughter's Urdu-speaking gora ‘friend’ to anyone who walked through the door.

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• gaura
• ghora
• goras

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