mahal

American  

[muh-hahl] / məˈhɑl /

noun

1. a palace or mansion.

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Etymology

Origin of mahal

From the Arabic word maḥall “place, area”

Example Sentences

“After everything, maybe the army will open up to women. You could be the head operator in an overseas command post, traveling the world, seeing the pyramids or the Taj Mahal. Or maybe you don’t want this—the wet feet and chilblains and infection and chaos. Perhaps you would prefer to be an operator for an important government agency, placing telephone calls for ambassadors and politicians like in Washington, DC. I could write you a letter of reference.”

From Literature

They had taken in the Taj Mahal, visited museums and posed for selfies with onlookers.

From The Wall Street Journal

The French move has few precedents elsewhere in Europe, but is more common in developing countries, where tariffs at sites such as Machu Picchu in Peru or the Taj Mahal in India vary.

From Barron's

In a piece for the Psychology Today website, Bence Nanay summarized it thusly: “When you do get to stand in front of the Taj Mahal, this moment will never live up to the idealized image that is the goal state of your desire. There are wasps. Taxi drivers keep on bugging you to get them to be your tour guide. You have a headache. You need to pee. And so on.”

From MarketWatch

And that’s presuming you do make it to the Taj Mahal.

From MarketWatch