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maharajah

maharajah is the alternative spelling of maharaja.

Meaning of maharaja

Noun

maharaja (plural maharajas)

  1. A Hindu monarch ranking above a raja, an emperor.
    • I speak from a very intimate knowledge of their ways and habits after having spent a very happy twenty years amongst them with friends in every degree, from the Maharaja himself to some of the humblest coolies.1909, John Claude White, Sikhim and Bhutan, pages 7–8

Forms of maharajah

pluralmaharajahs

Questions about maharajah

What is maharajah the alternative spelling of?
Maharajah is the alternative spelling of maharaja.

Words near maharajah in the dictionary

  1. Maharahara
  2. Maharaj
  3. maharaja
  4. maharajadhiraja
  5. maharajadhirajas
  6. maharajah
  7. maharajahs
  8. maharajas
  9. Maharajganj
  10. maharajrana
  11. Maharajs

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