maharaja
noun
ma·ha·ra·ja
ˌmä-hə-ˈrä-jə 
-ˈrä-zhə
variants
or maharajah
: a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
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In 1849, a young maharaja, a regional ruler, who was only 10 or 11 years old was coerced into giving it to the British when the province of Punjab was annexed.
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Patrick Smith, NBC News, 4 May 2023
He is borne aloft, like a maharaja or an infant.
—Garret Keizer, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
In the nineteen-seventies, the young maharaja began to restore the fort, to open it to the public.
—Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
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. 650 to 1377.
—Scientific American, 28 July 2022
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Patrick Smith, NBC News, 4 May 2023
He is borne aloft, like a maharaja or an infant.
—Garret Keizer, Harper's Magazine, 17 Aug. 2021
In the nineteen-seventies, the young maharaja began to restore the fort, to open it to the public.
—Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
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. 650 to 1377.
—Scientific American, 28 July 2022
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“Maharaja.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maharaja. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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maharaja
noun
ma·ha·ra·ja
variants
or maharajah
ˌmä-hə-ˈräj-ə
-ˈräzh-ə
: a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
Etymology
from Sanskrit (ancient language of India) mahārāja "maharaja," from mahat "great" and rājan "king, raja"
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