a member of a people of India living chiefly in Odisha (formerly Orissa) and neighbouring states
2.
the state language of Odisha, belonging to the Indic branch of the Indo-European family
Oriya in American English
(ɔˈrijə)
noun
an Indic language spoken in Orissa
Word origin
[1795–1805]This word is first recorded in the period 1795–1805. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: crunch, kingpin, mirage, oxidize, steeplechase