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dalaway

dalaway noun: the commander-in-chief of an army in South India.

Noun

dalaway (plural dalaways)

  1. (India, obsolete) The commander-in-chief of an army in South India.

Forms of dalaway

pluraldalaways

Origin of dalaway

From Tamil தளவாய் (taḷavāy).

Questions about dalaway

What does dalaway mean?
Dalaway means the commander-in-chief of an army in South India.
What part of speech is dalaway?
Dalaway is a noun.
What is the plural of dalaway?
The plural of dalaway is dalaways.

Words near dalaway in the dictionary

  1. dalasi
  2. dalasis
  3. dalatiid
  4. dalatiids
  5. Dalaun
  6. dalaway
  7. dalaways
  8. Dalayap
  9. dalazatide
  10. dalbavancin
  11. Dalbeattie

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