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# raja

«raja» in Mova's school dictionary: **A king or prince in India or other parts of South and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a raja, rajas; also spelled rajah)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A king or prince in India or other parts of South and Southeast Asia in the past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raja/#m1)

2) A title of honour for an Indian ruler or nobleman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raja/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Comes from Sanskrit «rājan», king; it is related to «Raj», the name for British rule in India (1858–1947), and «maharaja», great king. In old stories and adventure books a raja lives in a palace with elephants and jewels; such pictures are often made up or exaggerated. In history lessons rajas ruled many small Indian states under the British. Phrases: «the Raja of …», «maharaja», «rani» (a raja's wife or a queen).

### examples

- The raja rode through the city on a painted elephant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raja/#x1)
- Many small kingdoms in India were ruled by a raja. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raja/#x2)
- The raja's palace had marble halls and gardens with fountains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raja/#x3)
- In the old story, a poor boy brought the raja a clever gift. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raja/#x4)
- The rani was the raja's wife. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raja/#x5)
- Our history book showed a photo of a raja meeting British officers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raja/#x6)
- I am a great Raja's son. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raja/#x7)

### note

Countable: a raja, rajas. Two spellings, «raja» and «rajah», both correct. Raja is also a person's name in South Asia; then it is «(a name)». Not to be confused with «Raj» (British rule of India).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «raja» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raja/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.