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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pa·sha /ˈpɑʃə, ˈpæ; pəˈʃɑ, ˈʃɔ/
 巴夏

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pa·sha n.  An honorary title given to officers of high rank in Turkey, as to governers of provinces, military commanders, etc. The earlier form was bashaw. [Written also pacha.]
 Note:There are three classes of pashas, whose rank is distinguished by the number of the horsetails borne on their standards, being one, two, or three, a pasha of three tails being the highest.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ba·shaw n.
 1. A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha.
 2. Fig.: A magnate or grandee.
 3. Zool. A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 pasha
      n : a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt [syn: pacha]