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noun

IPA: /nəˈwɑːb/

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The correct spelling is nawab. A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor.

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noun

  1. 1.A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor.
  2. 2.Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polyura.

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