subah

/ (ˈsuːbɑː) /

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noun (in India)

a province in the Mogul empire

another word for subadar

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Word Origin for subah

C18: via Urdu and Persian from Arabic sūba province

Words nearby subah

subacute, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, subadar, subaerial, subagent, subah, subalimentation, subalpine, subaltern, subalternate, subantarctic

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How to use subah in a sentence

Ere to-morrow's sunset the Philistines will be here, led by Hassan Subah himself.
Alroy|Benjamin Disraeli
Then our president Mr. Drake has acted in the weakest possible way; the very way to encourage the Subah.
In Clive's Command|Herbert Strang
I apprehend no immediate difficulty with the new Subah, although 'tis true there have been little vexations.
In Clive's Command|Herbert Strang
In the 18th century it formed a part of the subah of Korah, and was under the government of the wazir of Oudh.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2|Various

To all these he adds another sum of one hundred thousand pounds, received as a present from the Subah of Oude.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VIII. (of 12)|Edmund Burke