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"Khiya" and "Rajah"
Khiya is a name for my daughter I just put together myself, but have since heard different meanings for it; it may be Indian or Hawaiian. Rajah is a man's name. It may be Arabic or Muslim.
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how do you pronounce Khiya? My guess is KEE-ya but i could be (and probably am) very off-track.Mirabella
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Rajah is an arabic name... which means 'Hope' it's not necessarely muslim both muslim and christian might held this name
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Luckily you didn't spell it Khaya (or kaya). It means house in Southern African languages, and piccanini kaya means little house, in other words, outside lavatory or outhouse.
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Rajah's simply the Indian title equivalent of "king" in English. For more on its history and etymology, click here: http://tinyurl.com/5edro.As a personal name, perhaps Rajah's most famous bearer is Princess Jasmine's pet tiger in Disney's Aladdin.
Miranda
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I once read, that RAJAH as an Indian name is related to REX (Latin), e-RIC, and asteRIX and means "ruler".
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