n. a territorial division of pre-independence India
n. a division of a farm
n. a division of a hunting preserve
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Private apartments.
n. A palace; a summer house.
n. A territorial division; also, a division of land for farming and hunting purposes.
Word Usage
"I think she is the only one who does not realize that, to the ordinary guy in the streets, or to the mom who lost her children to cassava, there is no big difference between "mahal" and shortage."