Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A prince, chief, or ruler in India or the East Indies.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Raia . - noun In India, a prince of Hindu race ruling a territory, either independently or as a feudatory; a king; a chief: used also as a title of distinction for Hindus in some cases, without reference to sovereignty, as nabob is for Mohammedans.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
rajah .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
rajah .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a prince or king in India
- noun type genus of the family Rajidae
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Bhawar Kisan, who is of uncertain age, is addressed as 'raja' - meaning king - by his Kisan tribe, who number around 700 people.
India eNews 2009
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The Sanskrit word, raja also means "royal" and signifies a prince, chief or ruler in India or South Asia.
Alanna Zabel: Let the Royal Wedding Remind You of Your Own Royal Path Alanna Zabel 2011
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The Sanskrit word, raja also means "royal" and signifies a prince, chief or ruler in India or South Asia.
Alanna Zabel: Let The Royal Wedding Remind You Of Your Own Royal Path Alanna Zabel 2011
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The Sanskrit word, raja also means "royal" and signifies a prince, chief or ruler in India or South Asia.
Alanna Zabel: Let the Royal Wedding Remind You of Your Own Royal Path Alanna Zabel 2011
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The Sanskrit word, raja also means "royal" and signifies a prince, chief or ruler in India or South Asia.
Alanna Zabel: Let The Royal Wedding Remind You Of Your Own Royal Path Alanna Zabel 2011
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Meditation is the art of slowing down and focusing the mind; the seventh step of the eight-step path of yoga known as raja yoga, which aims at complete mastery over body and mind.
The Sivananda Companion To Meditation THE SIVANANDA YOGA VEDANTA CENTER 2003
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This book presents a classical approach to the yogic path of meditation, which is called raja yoga.
The Sivananda Companion To Meditation THE SIVANANDA YOGA VEDANTA CENTER 2003
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To this end I had taken along one of the Sultan's petty officials, a so-called raja, who exercised more or less control over the
Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 Carl Lumholtz 1886
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Then this man - the so called raja of Rajasthan - shamelessly ran away from Rajasthani people to contest from Darjeeling by making a back door compromise again, against the interest of Nation.
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Lalu, dia dan ayahnya mengiktirafkan kedudukan mereka sebagai 'raja'.
oroboros commented on the word raja
Ajar in reverse.
July 22, 2007