shah

noun

Definition of shahnext
as in sultan

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Recent Examples of shah After the shah finished transforming Isfahan into the capital, the Chahār Bāgh, Isfahan’s central commercial artery, expanded across the river via Si-o-Se Pol. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026 Pahlavi is the son of Iran’s former shah, who was so widely hated that millions took to the streets in 1979 to force him from power. — Sean Nevin, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026 Pahlavi, 65, is the son of Iran’s former shah, who was so widely hated that millions took to the streets in 1979 to force him from power. — Markus Schreiber, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026 His father, Iran’s shah, was so widely hated that millions took to the streets in 1979, forcing him from power. — Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for shah
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shah
  1. sultan
  2. prince
  3. king
  4. emperor
  5. khan
  6. princess
  7. emir
  8. satrap
Noun
  • Guides spoke of the monthlong siege that ended only because of the treachery of a local noble who turned on the sultan and allowed British troops to scale the walls.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
  • The sultan learned about the American colonists’ war for independence indirectly, through the local French consul and European reports.
    — Scott Spires Britannica Editors June 23, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 June 2026
Definition of sultan
Noun
  • No two tales of what happened to Maelor after his knight protector was shot dead agree, but the young boy was also slain on the bridge, perhaps torn apart by the mob who assailed him, arguing over what to do with the young prince.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Corlys finds the rogue prince among Tumbleton’s dusty alleys and informs him that Ulf has turned — that the town has been lost to dragonfire while the realm watched.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of prince
Noun
  • Caesar went on to live with the king’s wife, Queen Alexandra, until his death in 1914.
    — Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
  • According to local tradition, the weaving craft dates to when Princess Wencheng introduced weaving techniques to Tibet after marrying the king.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of king
Noun
  • The archeological ruins of the Villa of Tiberius, the Roman emperor who ruled from 17 to 42 CE, were long rumored to lie somewhere between Rome and Naples.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus, a general and ally to the emperor Augustus who helped quash an uprising known as the Ceretani Revolt.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 July 2026
Definition of emperor
Noun
  • Her tribe also elected her as its khan, its leader, after her father died.
    — Hannah Fish, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Feb. 2024
  • As Russia, under the rule of the Mongol khans, missed the European Renaissance, so, too, had Putin missed the romantic period of perestroika.
    — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
Definition of khan
Noun
  • The Donkey Princess focuses on Diana, the princess of an ancient kingdom, whose father, King Arthur, has forbidden love.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The Danish Royal House told local media that the princess would waive both the salary and allowance.
    — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of princess
Noun
  • The leader of the UAE, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, traveled to Kuwait immediately after the Iranian attack for a meeting with the small, oil-rich nation's ruling emir.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 July 2026
  • The leader of the UAE, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, traveled to Kuwait immediately after the Iranian attack for a meeting with the small, oil-rich nation’s ruling emir.
    — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of emir
Noun
  • The ranks of the leadership are staffed, in large measure, with satraps and mediocrities.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
  • The quick collapse of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satraps unsettled both nations.
    — Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Definition of satrap

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