maharani

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Asked who she was, he allegedly said: 'Gyanendra's wife, the maharani.

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  1. noun The wife of a maharajah.
  2. noun A princess in India ranking above a rani, especially the sovereign ruler of one of the former native states.
  3. noun Used as a title for such a woman.

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  1. Hindi mahārānī, from Sanskrit mahārājñī : mahā-, great; see meg- in Indo-European roots + rājñī, queen; see reg- in Indo-European roots.
 

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