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rai

[rahy]
–noun
a style of Algerian popular music played on electric guitar, synthesizer, and percussion instruments.

Origin:
1985–90; of undetermined orig.
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rai   (rī)   
n.  A form of popular Algerian music combining traditional Arabic vocal styles with various elements of popular Western music and featuring outspoken, often controversial lyrics.

[Algerian French raï, perhaps from dialectal Arabic (ha er-)ray, (here is the) view (frequently heard in the songs), from Arabic ra'y, view, from ra'ā, to observe; see ry in Semitic roots.]
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
RAI
radioactive iodine
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