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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
maharani
 
SYLLABICATION:ma·ha·ra·ni
PRONUNCIATION:  mäh-rän
VARIANT FORMS: or ma·ha·ra·nee
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. ma·ha·ra·nis or ma·ha·ra·nees
1. The wife of a maharajah. 2. A princess in India ranking above a rani, especially the sovereign ruler of one of the former native states. 3. Used as a title for such a woman.
ETYMOLOGY:Hindi mahrn, from Sanskrit mahrjñ : mah-, great; see meg- in Appendix I + rjñ, queen; see reg- in Appendix I.
 
 
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