单词 | rana |
释义 | Ranan. A Hindu (esp. Rajput) prince or raja; spec. a member of the family of Rajput origin which effectively ruled Nepal from 1846 to 1951. Also used as a title. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > other Indian, Asian, or Muslim mirzac1560 zamorin1582 Rana1630 imam1698 Nizam1769 chagan1776 khakan1777 Gaekwar1782 Sawbwa1800 temenggong1964 c1610 W. Finch in S. Purchas Pilgrims (1625) I. 434 Gur Chitto, the cheefe seat of Rana, a very powerfull Raiaw, whom neither Potan, or the Acabar himselfe could euer subdue.] 1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects 82 Of those that liue vnconquered at this day, such a one is Raiah Surmulgee.., Raiah Berumshaw..and the great Rannah. 1671 H. Oldenburg tr. F. Bernier Hist. Late Revol. Empire Great Mogol I. 89 I cannot forbear to relate here the fierce reception, which the Daughter of the Rana [Fr. la fille de Rana] gave to her Husband Jessomseigne. 1779 W. Hastings Minute 12 Nov. in Authentic Abstr. Minutes Supreme Council Bengal (1780) 68 The Governor General..has had several conferences with the Minister deputed by the Rana of Gohud. 1807 Asiatick Researches 9 233 The Ranas of Udaya-pura..say, that they are descended from Nushírván. 1834 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 4 93 The chief person in the country is the Rana of Nuggur. 1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 II. xi. 202 In the evening the Rana's dolly, or offering, was brought in. 1928 P. Landon Nepal I. 249 The abbreviation ‘J. B. R.’..stands for ‘Jang Bahadur Rana’, which goes after each name in the ruling Rana family. 1971 C. Bonington Annapurna South Face iii. 32 I could pick out Rana palaces with spacious courtyards and rusty, corrugated-iron roofs. 1978 ‘M. M. Kaye’ Far Pavilions iv. xxviii. 411 It would have been a simple matter for the Rana..to arrange for a tar (telegram) to be dispatched. 2006 Indo-Asian News Service (Nexis) 26 May A strong mass movement against the Ranas ended their rule. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1630 |
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