Definitions for rajahˈrɑ dʒə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ra•jahˈrɑ dʒə(n.)(pl.)-jahs or -jas.

or ra•ja

  1. a title of princes and chieftains in India and areas of Southeast Asia once subject to Indian influence.

    Category: Indian (India)

Origin of rajah:

1545–55; < Hindi rājā; cf. Skt rājan; c. OIr rí, L rēx king

Princeton's WordNet

  1. raja, rajah(noun)

    a prince or king in India

Wiktionary

  1. rajah(Noun)

    a Hindu prince or ruler in India

  2. Origin: From Hindustani / , from .

Webster Dictionary

  1. Rajah(adj)

    a native prince or king; also, a landholder or person of importance in the agricultural districts

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Rajah

    a title which originally belonged to princes of the Hindu race, who exercised sovereign rights over some tract of territory; now applied loosely to native princes or nobles with or without territorial lordship.


Translations for rajah

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

rajah(noun)

an Indian king or prince.

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