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English
Noun
soobah (plural soobahs)
- Alternative spelling of subah
1806, , Indian Antiquities: Or, Dissertations Relative to the Antient Geographical Divisions, of Hindostan: , volume I. Containing the Dissertation on the Antient Geographical Divisions of Hindostan, London: Printed by C. & W. Galabin and sold by John White , pages 231–232:Hindostan was then parcelled out into twelve grand divisions, called soobahs, to each of which a viceroy was assigned, by the title of Soobahdar, corruptly written Soobah by European writers; for, soobah signifies province: many of these soobahs were in extent equal to large European kingdoms.