SHAH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran

Synonyms:

Shah; Shah of Iran

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Shah" is a kind of...):

crowned head; monarch; sovereign (a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right)

Instance hyponyms:

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi; Mohammed Reza Pahlevi; Pahlavi; Pahlevi; Shah Pahlavi (Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980))

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