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rani

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ra⋅ni

  [rah-nee, rah-nee]
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–noun, plural -nis.
ranee.

ra⋅nee

  [rah-nee, rah-nee]
–noun (in India)
1. the wife of a rajah.
2. a reigning queen or princess.
Also, rani.

Origin:
1690–1700; < Hindi rānī < Skt rājñī queen (fem. deriv. of rājan king)
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ra·ni also ra·nee   (rä'nē)   
n.   pl. ra·nis also ra·nees

  1. The wife of a rajah.

  2. A princess or queen in India or the East Indies.


[Hindi rānī, from Sanskrit rājñī, feminine of rājā, rājñ-, rajah; see rajah.]
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