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raya

[ rah-yuh, rahy-uh ]

noun

  1. a Christian subject of an Ottoman ruler.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of raya1

First recorded in 1805–15; from Turkish reaya, from Arabic ra'īyah “subject,” literally, “flock”; ryot

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Example Sentences

The company moved only one of its 2021 films, March’s lower-profile animation title “Raya and the Last Dragon,” to Disney Plus.

The film focuses on two Ukranian teens, Raya and Luba, who are lured into slavory by promises of a hotel job.

Instantly he crossed the raya, 100 yards away, in two enormous bounds.

The bunga raya (Hibiscus rosa sinensis) is a well-known shrub, with leaves of a yellowish green, serrated and curled.

He wants to do away with the indebtedness on the tienda de raya books.

His total indebtedness at the tienda de raya amounted to 1,291.68 pesos.

A thousand times a week Petacan men and women talked of the tienda de raya and cursed its prices.

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