orissa
How to pronounce orissa:
Definition of orissa:
- orissa:
- state of eastern india bordering on the bay of bengal; capital bhubaneswar area 60,178 square miles (155,861 square kilometers), population 41,974,218
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- origin
- organisms
- organelles
- organal
- orenda
- ordinance
- orbity
- oracle
- optimum
- opium
- ophthalmic
- operance
- oozoa
- oneism
- omnivores
- omittance
- olympus
- olympics
- ologist
- olivile
- oliva
- oiliest
- ocular
- octopodes
- octodont
- octaroon
- oceanlike
- occurrance
- occupies
- occasioned
- obtundent
- obstruction
- observance
- obscurement
- obrogate
- obolos
- obelise
- nyanja
- nyala
- nursery
- nuncheon
- numerals
- nuisances
- nudibranch
- nubilous
- novella
- notewise
- nonuple
- nontactile
- nonsmoking
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