Raja

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  • noun. A prince, chief, or ruler in India or the East Indies.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Same as rajah.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Alternative spelling of rajah.
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  • noun. a prince or king in India
  • noun. type genus of the family Rajidae
  • Word Usage
    "Bhawar Kisan, who is of uncertain age, is addressed as 'raja' - meaning king - by his Kisan tribe, who number around 700 people."
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    Tuan  antenatal  bhakti  eightfold  hatha  
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