raja
pronunciation
How to pronounce raja in British English: UK ['rɑ:dʒə]
How to pronounce raja in American English: US ['rɑdʒə]
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- Noun:
- a Hindu prince or king in India
Word Origin
Example
- 1. Granted bail to andimuthu raja , a former telecoms minister in india .
- 2. Andimuthu raja , the telecoms minister at the time , is in jail .
- 3. Yet the villagers still refer to his aged father as the " raja " , or " king " , and stand to one side during his occasional saunters through the village .
- 4. On november 14th andimuthu raja , the telecoms minister , was forced to resign .
- 5. On january 15th the supreme court suddenly ordered the arrest of the prime minister , raja pervez ashraf , over a long-running bribery scandal .