ranee

or ra·ni

[ rah-nee, rah-nee ]

noun

1. the wife of a rajah.
2. a reigning queen or princess.

ranee

/ ˈrɑːnɪ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of rani

Word History and Origins

Origin of ranee¹

1690–1700; < Hindi rānī < Sanskrit rājñī queen (feminine derivative of rājan king)

Example Sentences

With the dignity of a ranee of the olden days she moved up the steps of the family mansion and entered her house.

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It was while in heaven that he selected M�y�, a ranee, to be his mother.

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“Had the ranee, whom I had undertaken to conduct to her grandfather, been injured, the case would have been very different,” he observed.

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She liked the ranee very much also, and the absence of all state and ceremony, in the household of the Rajah, was to her delightful.

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Wouldn't you like to be a ranee, Allegro?

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Related Words

• monarch
• ruler