nawab

Meanings

Plural: nawabs

Noun

a governor in India during the Mogul empire
A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polyura (possibly a subgenus of genus Charaxes).

Origin / Etymology

From Hindi नवाब (navāb)/Urdu نواب (navāb), from Persian نوّاب (navvâb), ultimately from Arabic نُوَّاب (nuwwāb), plural of نَائِب (nāʔib, “naib”).

Synonyms

nabob

Scrabble Score: 10

nawab is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
nawab is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nawab is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

nawab is a valid Words With Friends word