India history and geography

Source: Project Gutenberg: Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume 1

Kenja (“red ant”) is one of the gotras (clans) among the Kurnis (a tribe of South India). Kurni is, according to the Census Report 1901, “a corruption of kuri (sheep) and vanni (wool), the caste having been originally weavers of wool”. The gotras (viz., Kenja) are described as being of the Brāhman, Kshatriya, and Vaisya sub-divisions of the caste, and of Shanmukha’s Sudra caste.

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Kenja [কেঞ্জা] in the Bengali language is the name of a plant identified with Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre from the Fabaceae (pea) family having the following synonyms: Millettia pinnata, Pongamia glabra, Derris indica, Cytisus pinnatus. For the possible medicinal usage of kenja, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

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Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Keṃja (ಕೆಂಜ):—[noun] a man of red or slightly red complexion.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Starts with: Kemjade, Kemjadi, Kemjaga, Kemjaji, Kemjamje, Kemjariganna, Kemjaru, Kemjaya, Kencalikai, Kenjala, Kenjam.

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