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Anand
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A male given name and surname of Sanskrit origin, meaning "joy" or "delight", also a city in Gujarat, India.
"Viswanathan Anand is a former world chess champion."
Word Forms
Anands plural
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Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आनन्द (ānanda, "joy, delight, pleasure").