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   razzia

   /ˈrazɪə/

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   • 1. a hostile raid for purposes of conquest, plunder, and capture of slaves, especially one carried out by Moors in North Africa. historical

   Word Origin mid 19th century: via French from Algerian Arabic ġāziya ‘raid’.

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   What does razzia mean?

   • Razzia. Look up Razzia or razzia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Razzia ( English: /ˈræziə/) was borrowed via French and Italian ( IPA: [ʁazja]) from Algerian Arabic: غزية ‎ ghaziya ( IPA: [ʁazɪja]) "raiding". This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Razzia.

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   What is the meaning of the name Razia?

   • First queen of India, who defied the norms of the time to reign as sovereign, and whose courage, intelligence and pragmatism remain unparalleled in medieval Indian history. Name variations: Razia Sultana or Sultana Razia; Raziya or Raziyya Sultana; Raziyyatuddin or Raziyat-ud-din; Razia Iltutmish (or Altamsh). Pronunciation: Ra-ZEE-ya.

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   What is the difference between razzia and ghazw?

   • Razzia (English: /ˈræziə/) was borrowed via French and Italian (IPA: [ʁazja]) from Algerian Arabic: غزية‎ ghaziya (IPA: [ʁazɪja]) "raiding". It may refer to: A slave raid conducted by Barbary pirates. Ghazw, referring to wars associated with the expansion of Muslim territory.

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   What is a razzia expedition?

   • A razzia was ordered in the night, and its result was eight hundred prisoners and twelve thousand head of cattle. The Algerine coast has enriched our language with at least two words, respectively warlike and peaceful— razzia and fantasia. It was the people of the same tribe who formed a razzia expedition against us. Razzia definition: .

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   A razzia is a plundering and destructive incursion, from colloquial Arabic ghazyah. Learn more about the word history, etymology, and usage of razzia in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.

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   The earliest known use of the noun razzia is in the 1820s. OED's earliest evidence for razzia is from 1821, in the writing of G. F. Lyon. razzia is of multiple origins.

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   a raid for plunder or slaves, esp one carried out by Moors in North Africa. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C19: from French, from Arabic ghaziah war. razzia in American English. (ˈræziə) noun. a plundering raid. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.

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   Raid (1947 film) (German: Razzia), a German crime film. Razzia (band), a German punk band. Razzia sur la chnouf, released in the US as Razzia, a 1955 French gangster film. Razzia (2017 film), a Moroccan drama film. Razzia Records, a Swedish record label.

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   Define razzia. razzia synonyms, razzia pronunciation, razzia translation, English dictionary definition of razzia. n. A plundering raid. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing...

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   Razzia definition: a plundering raid.. See examples of RAZZIA used in a sentence.

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   noun A plundering and destructive incursion; a foray; a raid. Etymologies. from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition. [Arabic dialectal g̣azya, from Arabic g̣azwa, raid, military attack, from g̣azā, to raid; see g̣zw in Semitic roots.] from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.