raya
noun
raya is a noun meaning “A former territory of the mediaeval principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia held under the direct administration of the Ottoman Empire, as opposed…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-Y-A and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of raya is rayas.
What does raya mean?
noun
- 1
A former territory of the mediaeval principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia held under the direct administration of the Ottoman Empire, as opposed to the principalities.
- 2
Alternative form of rayah.
noun
- 1
informalEllipsis of Hari Raya Aidilfitri (“Eid al-Fitr”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce raya?
Raya has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of raya
- rayas plural
- raia
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is raya?
Raya appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,565th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).