maharani
/ˌmɑː(h)əˈrɑːni
/ /ˌməhɑːˈrɑːni/(also maharanee)
noun
A maharaja’s wife or widow.His warm acknowledgements thank a maharani, two princesses, various lords and ladies and a host of worthwhile experts, but never mention the unacknowledged and unnamed photographers whose skill helped to make his book special....
- Using the best local materials and reviving traditional techniques, Abu and Sandeep re-create an India of rajahs and maharanis for Bollywood and Hollywood's elite.
- It is in the next generation that Moore's story really comes into its own, with the maharanis, rather than their husbands, in the foreground.
Origin
From Hindi mahārānī, from Sanskrit mahā 'great' + rājñī 'rani'.
Rhymes
- uneventfully
- uneventfulness
- unevolved
- unexaggerated
- unexamined
- unexampled
- unexcelled
- unexceptionable
- unexceptionableness
- unexceptionably
- unexceptional
- unexceptionally
- unexcitability
- unexcitable
- unexcited
- unexciting
- unexecuted
- unexercised
- unexhausted
- unexpected
- unexpectedly
- unexpectedness
- unexpired
- unexplainable
- unexplainably