# nawab

> English word · Noun · IPA /nəˈwɑːb/ · frequency rank #47,219

## Definitions
1. A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor.
2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polyura (possibly a subgenus of genus Charaxes).

## Etymology
From Hindi नवाब (navāb)/Urdu نواب (navāb), from Persian نوّاب (navvâb), ultimately from Arabic نُوَّاب (nuwwāb), plural of نَائِب (nāʔib, “naib”).

## Easily confused with
- **NWA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nawab-vs-nwa)
- **Nawaz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nawab-vs-nawaz)
- **naw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naw-vs-nawab)
- **nab** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nab-vs-nawab)
- **NAA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naa-vs-nawab)
- **NASA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nasa-vs-nawab)
- **nana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nana-vs-nawab)
- **napa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/napa-vs-nawab)
- **nada** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nada-vs-nawab)
- **naga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naga-vs-nawab)
- **Nara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nara-vs-nawab)
- **naka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naka-vs-nawab)
- **naan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naan-vs-nawab)
- **naval** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/naval-vs-nawab)
- **nasal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nasal-vs-nawab)
- **natal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/natal-vs-nawab)
- **Nadal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nadal-vs-nawab)
- **Nagar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nagar-vs-nawab)
- **Najib** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/najib-vs-nawab)
- **Navas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/navas-vs-nawab)

## Common misspellings (7)
`anwab`, `naawb`, `nawabb`, `nawba`, `nawwab`, `nnawab`, `nwaab`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nawab