Maharashtriann.adj.
/ˌmɑː(h)əˈrɑːʃtrɪən/, /ˌmɑː(h)əˈraʃtrɪən/, U.S. /ˌmɑ(h)əˈrɑʃtriən/ A. n.
A native or inhabitant of Maharashtra, a region of central and south-western India, since 1960 a state of India.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of India > [noun] > native or inhabitant of India > parts of
Malabar1582
Gujaratic1607
Bengalan1613
Goan1652
Hindustan1662
Macassar1665
Gangetic1677
Malabarian1709
Mysorean1761
Bengalese1778
Assamese1794
Hindustani1813
Marwari1815
Sindhi1815
mofussilite1828
Mizo1832
Goanese1835
Punjabi1843
Bengali1848
Sindian1849
Madrasi1851
Toda1851
Hindia1853
Lushai1862
Kashmirian1876
Kashmir1882
Kashmiri1882
Konkani1885
ditcher1886
Ladakhi1893
Bihari1897
Sikkimese1938
Rajasthani1947
Maharashtrian1953
1953 J. Nehru Let. 1 May in S. Gandhi Two Alone (1992) 582 The Maharashtrians are not supposed to be demonstrative.
1965 P. Robinson Pakistani Agent i. 8 Parulekar was a slightly-built Mahrashtrian in his late twenties.
1969 Capital (Calcutta) 27 Feb. 358/1 In Bombay, the Shiv Sena, in its attempt to drive out all the non-Maharashtrians from the city, committed atrocities on them.
1969 Enactment (Delhi) Nov. 12/1 He is an ‘invader’ in Bombay just as the Maharashtrian is an ‘invader’ in Ahmedabad.
1971 Femina (Bombay) 30 Apr. 7/1 I was sitting and chatting with a group of friends, all of whom were Maharashtrians.
1986 Sunday Mail (New Delhi) 21 Sept. 8/2 There are millions of Maharashtrians, Gujaratis..and Malayalees—but no Indians.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of Maharashtra.
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Mogul1617
Hindustan1655
Malabaric1680
Malabarian1709
Mogulish1719
Bengalian1769
Punjabi1794
Bengalic1801
Oriya1801
Telugu1816
Karnata1820
Punjab1833
Kanarese1838
Mysorean1851
Marwari1855
Bengali1858
Andaman1860
Lushai1862
Manipuri1868
Jaipur1889
Malabarese1922
Madrasi1924
Mewari1925
Maharashtrian1954
Bangla1971
1954 Social Forces 33 144/2 Almost all of these factory workers are Maharashtrian refugees.
1958 A. Toynbee East to West xxxii. 99 But how is one to dispose of a great city in which labour is Maharashtrian while capital is Gujerati?
1965 P. Robinson Pakistani Agent viii. 106 The brassière, worn high in the Mahrashtrian style.
1971 Hindustan Times Weekly Rev. (New Delhi) 4 Apr. p. iv/5 A Maharashtrian girl married to a Saraswat..felt that ‘marriage is mostly give and take’.
1986 Femina (India) 8 July 11/2 She has acquired a better understanding of the problems facing..Maharashtrian women.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1953