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NAWAB
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nawab mean?
• NAWAB (noun)
The noun NAWAB has 1 sense:
1. a governor in India during the Mogul empire
Familiarity information: NAWAB used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A governor in India during the Mogul empire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
nabob; nawab
Hypernyms ("nawab" is a kind of...):
governor (the head of a state government)
Domain region:
Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)
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