Galician

Noun

raia f ‎(plural raias)

1. stripe (long, straight region of a single colour)
2. border (line separating regions)
3. em dash (—)
4. ray (fish)

Synonyms

• (border): fronteira

Related terms

• raiar

Italian

Noun

raia f ‎(plural raie)

1. ray, skate (fish)

Synonyms

• razza

Latin

Alternative forms

• raja (Medieval)

Noun

raia f ‎(genitive raiae); first declension

1. ray (a marine fish with a flat body)

Declension

First declension.

References

• raia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• RAIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “raia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• arraia

Etymology 1

From earlier arraia, from Old Portuguese *arraia, from Arabic رَعِيَّة ‎(raʿiyya).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁaj.ɐ/
• Hyphenation: rai‧a
• Rhymes: -aja

Noun

raia f (plural raias)

1. border (the line or frontier area separating countries)
2. (figuratively) limit
3. (colloquial) mistake

Synonyms

• (border): fronteira
• (mistake): erro

Derived terms

• raiano

Etymology 2

From raiar.

Verb

raia

1. third-person singular present indicative of raiar
2. second-person singular imperative of raiar

Etymology 3

From Latin raia.

Noun

raia f (plural raias)

1. ray (a marine fish with a flat body)

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic رَعِيَّة ‎(raʿiyya).

Noun

raia (ma class, plural maraia)

1. subject (citizen, usually in a monarchy)