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raia

raia is the alternative form of raya.

Meaning of raya

Noun

raya (plural rayas)

  1. (historical) A former territory of the mediaeval principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia held under the direct administration of the Ottoman Empire, as opposed to the principalities.

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Proper noun capitalized: Raia

Raia (plural Raias)

  1. A surname.
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Forms of raia

Noun
pluralraias
Proper noun
pluralRaias

Origin of raia

From the Sicilian surname, from raia (“smilax”) and raja (“ray”), both from Latin raia. As an Arabic surname, from راية (rāya, “flag”).

Questions about raia

What does raia mean?
Raia means a surname.
What is raia the alternative form of?
Raia is the alternative form of raya.
What part of speech is raia?
Raia is a proper noun.

Words near raia in the dictionary

  1. Rai Bahadurs
  2. Rai Sahib
  3. Rai Sahibs
  4. rai stone
  5. rai stones
  6. raia
  7. raias
  8. raiat
  9. Raiatea
  10. raiats
  11. raiatwari

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: raia (page history and authors); Raia (page history and authors); raya (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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