| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ra·ni |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  rä n |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also ra·nee |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. ra·nis also ra·nees
1. The wife of a rajah. 2. A princess or queen in India or the East Indies. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Hindi r n , from Sanskrit rjñ, feminine of rj, rjñ-, rajah. See rajah.
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