maharajah
noun
(formerly) a ruling prince in India, especially of one of the major states.
maharaja
-
a variation of
maharajah.
Example Sentences
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Named Sriwijaya, it was ruled by a maharaja, centered on the island of Sumatra in what is now Indonesia, and flourished in the period C.E.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2022
Gaj Singh II, the maharaja of Marwar-Jodhpur, who was educated in England and then returned to his inherited responsibilities, eventually establishing a museum at Mehrangarh Fort.
From Washington Post ● May 17, 2018
It was a little embarrassing, this maharaja treatment, but what was he to do?
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 4, 2016
Junoon, with its grand setting fit for a minor maharaja, is the best Indian restaurant in the city.
From Forbes ● Dec. 10, 2014
His son, the maharaja, Madhava Rao Sindhia, G.C.S.I., was born in 1877.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
