rajas
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of rajas
From Sanskrit
Example Sentences
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Vulnerable to conquest, the kingdoms of the rajas collapsed.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Recommended Dishes Tamale de rajas con queso; tamale de salsa verde; tamale de mole; tamale de dulce; tamale Oaxaqueño.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2016
That’s because Mariel Garcia arrives each week with 120 of the chicken and rajas variety crafted by her mother, Porfiria Romero.
From Washington Post • Jun. 15, 2016
The rajas of India could not understand how the men Britain sent them could be so scrupulous in points of personal honour and then tell outright lies when it came to their treaty obligations.
From The Guardian • Sep. 16, 2014
“Well, since our parents aren’t rajas and ranis, I don’t think that’s what it’s about.”
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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