rajah
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- noun
- /ˈrɑːdʒə/
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rajá
- The ancient texts speak of a rajah who united the scattered tribes under his leadership.
- an Indian rajah
Examples
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Her husband was a rajah and very influential.
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The rajah ruled over the small kingdom with great wisdom and strength.
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Lady Patricia Brandon entertained that day the Rajah Ram Singh, visiting Brandon Abbas to view its famous sapphire, Blue Water.
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Voted the best resort in Asia by Travel + Leisure's 2011 readers' poll, the hotel's marble interiors and hand-painted frescoes will make you feel every inch a Rajah.
Blog text (32) -
Similarly, on the other side of the globe, the threat from Malay pirates was not suppressed until the mid-nineteenth century, when the region fell under the sway of Europeans such as Sir James Brooke, "the White Rajah of Sarawak."
Academic text (2009) -
During the festival, the rajah addressed his subjects from the palace balcony.
Synonyms
A king or prince in India who rules a region
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word rajah comes from the Hindi and Urdu rājā, and from the old Sanskrit rājan, all meaning 'king'. You can see the same root in raj as in 'the British Raj', which means 'rule', so a rajah is a ruler or prince.