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Nabob is an Anglo-Indian term that came to English from Urdu, possibly from Hindustani nawāb/navāb, [2] borrowed into English during British colonial rule in India. [3] It is possible this was via the intermediate Portuguese nababo, the Portuguese having preceded the British in India. [4] The word entered colloquial usage in England from 1612.
The term nabob was borrowed into English from one of the languages of India (originally nawab) and broadly describes colonizers who settled in conquered lands and then returned home with great fortunes. [2] According to one historian there were 55 "fabulously wealthy" nabobs of note in the 1850s. [3]
A nabob, an English form of "nawab", is a merchant-leader of high social status and wealth. Nabob may also refer to: Nabob (coffee), a brand of coffee in Canada; HMS Nabob, a Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier; Nabob, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community; Nawab, the provincial governor or viceroy in the Mughal empire
Royal City Foods Nabob (Delnor) See also. List of canneries; List of salmon canneries and communities
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
Sykes was born in Thornhill in the West Riding of Yorkshire in 1732. [1]Having joined the British East India Company, Sykes amassed a fortune in Bengal at the court of the Nawab.
The Nabob Coffee Company originated in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1896. Its coffee was processed and packaged in the factory of food manufacturing company Kelly Douglas Limited. [ 1 ] The name refers to the Anglo-Indian word nabob , a term for a conspicuously wealthy man who made his fortune in the Orient during the British colonial era.
Nawab [a] [b] is a royal title indicating a ruler, often of a South Asian state, in many ways comparable to the western title of Prince.The relationship of a Nawab to the Emperor of India has been compared to that of the Kings of Saxony to the German Emperor. [1]