Shah

/ʃɑ/
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Other forms: shah; Shahs

Definitions of Shah
  1. noun
    title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran
    synonyms: Shah of Iran, shah
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    examples:
    Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
    Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980)
    type of:
    crowned head, monarch, sovereign
    a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
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