Raia

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

    "“At this point, there is no definitive link between the attack here in New Orleans and the one in Las Vegas,” FBI deputy assistant director Christopher Raia said Thursday."

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of raya (“type of historical territory”). alt-of, alternative

Etymology

From the Sicilian surname, from raia (“smilax”) and raja (“ray”), both from Latin raia. As an Arabic surname, from راية (rāya, “flag”).

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