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plural mahallahs
(chiefly South Asia) A subdivision or neighborhood. quotations examples
‘His Majesty signed the search warrant. We are combing the third muhalla now.’
1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 483
When she was young, Dolly was considered the most beautiful girl in the mohalla.
2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 63