subah
Britishnoun
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a province in the Mogul empire
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another word for subadar
Etymology
Origin of subah
C18: via Urdu and Persian from Arabic sūba province
Example Sentences
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"I am broke! No business! For more than one year we stay home," exclaims Adnan Subah, a souvenir seller on Star Street.
From BBC
A visitor steps inside Brooklyn Tech and finds the honor roll list for last year’s senior class, the surnames offering variations on an old story: There is a Dong and a Doogan, a Goyer and a Huynh, a Subah and a Wai.
From Seattle Times
The raid took place in Subah village of Batang district in Central Java province late Wednesday.
From Washington Times
The country continues over-pumping groundwater, and Ali Subah, secretary-general of the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, blames the need to do so on the sharp increase in the number of refugees.
From Nature
Jordan has progressed in a handful of those areas, Subah says, such as cracking down on illegal wells and curbing the free water that goes to agriculture, but it has made no progress in others, such as reducing groundwater pumping — a failure that he again pins on refugees.
From Nature
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