Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A form of popular Algerian music combining traditional Arabic vocal styles with various elements of popular Western music and featuring outspoken, often controversial lyrics.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
raï .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Márai is a fascinating writer readers of English will want more of.
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Márai is in the almost unique position of having attained posthumous best-sellerdom (in country after country) because he distills plot and description to a magic essence of atmosphere, empathy and narrative tension that no European writer has achieved since Joseph Roth.
Embers: Summary and book reviews of Embers by Sandor Marai. 2001
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Taken literally, rai translates to "opinion," and Khaled has taken this idea to heart in his music, speaking out to his countrymen with a voice that transcends borders.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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ROBERT SIEGEL, host: Khaled is Algeria's best-known singer and a pioneer of the music known as rai, which means opinion in Arabic.
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I have tried reading a few signets with the substitution of a value 'rai', 'lai', 'ra' or 'la', and they seem to sound reasonably well for a Linear A word.
New info on 'lily' 2010
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Had to agree with him that that is as close to "rai" as one can get here.
Archive 2008-02-01 2008
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Din fericire, niciunul dintre mogulii romani "rai" nu m-a abordat, deci ma preocupa doar lucrurile care imi ridica probleme.
Hotnews.ro 2010
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Din fericire, niciunul dintre mogulii romani "rai" nu m-a abordat, deci ma preocupa doar lucrurile care imi ridica probleme.
Hotnews.ro 2010
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Din fericire, niciunul dintre mogulii romani "rai" nu m-a abordat, deci ma preocupa doar lucrurile care imi ridica probleme.
Hotnews.ro 2010
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A family of four people or more typically owns a plot no bigger than five rai which is barely enough to grow rice for the family to consume in a year.
uselessness commented on the word rai
A large disc-shaped stone (up to 12 feet in diameter) with a hole in the middle, historically used as currency on the island of Yap.
March 9, 2007
reesetee commented on the word rai
Wow. What must the malls be like on Saturdays?
March 9, 2007
trivet commented on the word rai
Not a lot of pickpockets, though.
March 9, 2007
reesetee commented on the word rai
Vending machines?
March 9, 2007
oroboros commented on the word rai
Must be like a lottery ticket payout...you know, that monster check everybody sees on teevee for $80 million zylotys, or, you know, like that?
March 10, 2007
fbharjo commented on the word rai
an Algerian music style
January 19, 2008