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lokanta
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By Joy Schreiber

[loh-KAHN-tah] n.

restaurant

as opposed to ‘restoran’, lokanta usually implies a more traditional and affordable eatery that serves pre-cooked home-style dishes for the tradesmen of the neighborhood or the passengers of a train/bus station

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