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Etymology · Arabic

نُوَّاب

3 English words descend from Arabic نُوَّاب, most common first.

nawabA Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor.
nabobAn Indian ruler within the Mogul empire.
NuwaubianA member of the Nuwaubian Nation, a black-supremacist religious movement originally based on Islam and later on Ancient Egyptian and extraterrestrial themes.