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n. The part of a house in Asian countries such as India and Pakistan reserved for the women of the household.

n. A harem on the Indian subcontinent, a part of the house reserved for high-caste women; a system of segregating women into harems.

n. An effeminate or crossdressing male in northern India or Pakistan.

n. The part of a dwelling appropriated to women.

n. In India, that part of the house in which the females of a family are secluded; an East Indian harem.

""The word zenana," replied Mrs. Thurston, "strictly means women's apartment, but as it is generally used by us it means the houses of the high caste gentlemen, where their wives live in great seclusion."

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