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raja
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun raja has 2 senses
- raja(n = noun.person) rajah - a prince or king in India; Array is a kind of aristocrat, blue blood, patrician
- raja(n = noun.animal) genus raja - type genus of the family Rajidae; Array is a kind of fish genus
is a member of family rajidae, rajidae
OXFORD DICTIONARY
raja, n. (also rajah) hist.
1 an Indian king or prince.
2 a petty dignitary or noble in India.
3 a Malay or Javanese chief.
1 an Indian king or prince.
2 a petty dignitary or noble in India.
3 a Malay or Javanese chief.
Derivative
rajaship n.
Etymology
Hindi raja f. Skr. rajan king
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