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perai

perai is the alternative form of pirai.

Meaning of pirai

Noun

pirai (plural pirais or pirai)

  1. (dated) A piranha fish.

Proper noun capitalized: Perai

Perai

  1. An industrial town in Penang, Malaysia, on the mainland opposite the island of Penang.

Forms of perai

Noun
pluralperais
pluralperai
Proper noun
alternative formPrai

Phrases with perai

Questions about perai

What does perai mean?
Perai means an industrial town in Penang, Malaysia, on the mainland opposite the island of Penang.
What is perai the alternative form of?
Perai is the alternative form of pirai.
What part of speech is perai?
Perai is a proper noun.

Words near perai in the dictionary

  1. peragrations
  2. perahera
  3. peraheras
  4. perahu
  5. perahus
  6. perai
  7. peraia
  8. Peraino
  9. Perainos
  10. perais
  11. Perak

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Adapted from Wiktionary: perai (page history and authors); Perai (page history and authors); pirai (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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