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UK
/mˌæhɐɹˈɑːdʒɐ/
]
[ US /ˌmɑhɝˈɑˌʒə/ ]
[ US /ˌmɑhɝˈɑˌʒə/ ]
NOUN
- a great raja; a Hindu prince or king in India ranking above a raja
How To Use maharaja In A Sentence
- “I am the maharaja,” Kit said, “and the maharaja wants to know what happened that night.” Slice Of Cherry
- To dirt, chaos, maharajas, beggars, cows on the road, roaring rivers, fervid sunshine, unpredictability, and loud laughter.
- It appealed to the citizens of Bangalore to decorate and illuminate their houses and shops, feed the poor and offer prayers for the long life and prosperity of the Maharaja.
- At Trillium Health Centre's Maharani and Maharaja Gala, an extravagant evening featuring indoor fireworks and South Asian food and entertainment, an 85-year-old gori white woman named Hazel was belle of the ball. Local
- Meet local people from Thetford's past, from the revolutionary philosopher Thomas Paine to the Sikh hero Maharajah Duleep Singh and from rabbit warreners to railway workers.
- She became the third wife of Sawai Man Singh, the "maharaja" or ruler of Jaipur, in Undefined
- Sultans, rajahs, maharajahs, datus, etc., under ordinary circumstances have been and still are in most of the unprotected States unable to control the chiefs under them, who have independently levied taxes and blackmail till the harassed cultivators came scarcely to care to possess property which might at any time be seized. The Golden Chersonese and the way thither
- What was the punishment for speaking out against the maharaja? Larissa Archer: Asian Art Museum's "Maharaja" Overlooks Crucial Cultural Questions in India
- Unlike the sultans of Malaya, who retained a constitutional position after the British left in 1957, India's maharajahs could retain only their titles and personal assets.
- A few older buildings in sight, such as the palace of the maharajas, respect the ancient unwritten law that no building should be higher than one of Kerala's millions of coconut palms.