On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, FRITZ JUENGLING wrote: > > What is it in Urdu (would that be the language that the guy (people) spoke who named it?). I don't think it would be Hindi. > fritz > Probably Persian taj = "crown", mahal (technically, mahall) "palace". Actually a mausoleum built by Shahjahan for his favorite wife, Mumtaz. allen maberry at u.washington.edu