chobwa

English

Alternative forms

• chobwah

Etymology

From Burmese [Term?].

Noun

chobwa (plural chobwas)

1. (historical) Any of the mostly petty tributary princes of the Shan States on the east of Burma.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “chobwa”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].