Example Sentences

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Maybe you’re no raja or rani, but your skin might like the touch of silk.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2024

“Kirti said, ‘Raja’ . . . he calls me Raja — raja means king — ‘that is why I have come to you.’

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2014

The raja, who makes the French renegade Jolanne de Valcourt his wife, is played by Hrithik Roshan, the only name Indian actor in the series.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2011

He strode into the office of MGM raja Louis B. Mayer, the most powerful man in town, and said, according to Horne, "I wouldn't like her to be demeaned."

From Time • May 10, 2010

The fort of Gwalior was traditionally built by one Surya Sen, the raja of the neighbouring country.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various