Krishna

• Kṛṣṇa (transliteration)

Borrowed from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa).

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪʃnə/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃnə

Krishna (countable and uncountable, plural Krishnas)

1. (Hinduism) A deity worshiped across many traditions of Hinduism.
2. A river in southern India.
3. A district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
4. A male given name from Sanskrit.
5. A surname from Sanskrit.
   • 2022 October 4, Nikita Richardson, “Rice Cakes, Rice Rolls, Rice Sweets”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Fittingly, I enjoyed those warm and crunchy-tender Korean rice cakes beneath slightly salty ham and a drizzle of floral honey with my colleague Priya Krishna, who first put me on to the rice-cake fundido at Haenyeo in Park Slope, Brooklyn, back in 2019.

• Hare Krishna

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Krishna is the 18793^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1458 individuals. Krishna is most common among White (89.3%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Krishna”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 354.

• Harkins, rankish

Krishna m

1. (Hinduism) Krishna (a supreme Hindu deity)