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viceroy

[vahys-roi] / ˈvaɪs rɔɪ /


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In his 2012 autobiography "An American Son," the man oft-memed as the "viceroy" of Cuba, recounts boasting to his exiled Cuban grandfather that he would one day overthrow Fidel Castro and free Cuba.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Soon he got permission to light up one of the city's most famous addresses - Raj Bhavan, the governor's mansion, once the residence of the British viceroy.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2025

“And the viceroy Mike Davis tells me — since it doesn’t actually say consecutive — that, I don’t know, maybe we do it again in ‘28?

From Salon Dec. 16, 2024

Gandhi during a fast in 1939 that ended when the viceroy of India agreed to the release of political prisoners.

From New York Times Jan. 30, 2023

Accurately he was only regent of the Winds, viceroy of the gods.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

For decades, the Delhi Gymkhana Club was among the world’s most elite clubs, counting British viceroys and Indian royalty among its members.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Palma is lighthearted, ironic, amusing and anticlerical by nature, and in his writing he makes fun of the sumptuous interiorities of viceroys and courtesans.

From New York Times Nov. 1, 2023

After India won independence in August 1947, there was no clamour to remove the statues of monarchs and viceroys from the boulevards and roundabouts of the capital.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2020

In the New World, royal authority was enforced by two viceroys, royal officials who ruled over the northern and southern parts of the territory.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2020

She had been born and raised in a city six hundred miles away, a gloomy city where on ghostly nights the coaches of the viceroys still rattled through the cobbled streets.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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