Shahr-e-Ray

Proper noun

Ray

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
2. A diminutive of the male given names Raymond, Rayane, and Rayan, also used as a formal given name.
   • -, or Raymond if it happened to be a boy, choosing it in the hope that a name like Ray would make a boy's life easier.1980, Wright Morris, Plains Song, for Female Voices, Harper&Row, →ISBN, page 113
3. A diminutive of the female given name Rachel, more often spelled Rae.
   • 'Rachel told me―' 'Call her Ray. She hates Rachel.'2010, Sophie Hannah, A Room Swept White, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 271
4. A census-designated place in Coosa County, Alabama.
5. A ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona.
6. An unincorporated community in Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana and Branch County, Michigan.

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