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viceroy

[vahys-roi] / ˈvaɪs rɔɪ /


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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

To reinforce his authority, he adopted the title khedive of Egypt, a designation above a viceroy and only one step below the reigning sultan.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

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

"Governor Generals, viceroys and people in high society would dine there," Mr Neogi explains.

From BBC Nov. 25, 2023

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

The kings of Assyria were considered viceroys of the gods, especially the chief deity Asshur.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

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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