name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A summerhouse. India
2. 2
   Private lodgings. India
3. 3
   A territorial division of pre-independence India. India, historical
4. 4
   A division of a farm. India
5. 5
   A division of a hunting preserve. India

Proper Noun

1. 1
   The Dhivehi language

Example

More examples

"The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi महल (mahal), from Arabic مَحَلّ (maḥall, “place”).

Related phrases

summer house

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