rai

noun3

1. •
   A form of music, originating in Oran, Algeria from Bedouin shepherds.

   • Rai arrives in the US, in some ways, as the latest rage to hit the World Music record bins, the result of a new post-modern global marketing strategy. — 1991
2. •
   A unit of area used in Thailand that is equal, in modern times, to 1,600 square metres (16 ares, 0.16 hectares, 0.3954 acres).
3. •
   stone money

noun[plural only]1

1. •
   An ancient indigenous ethnolinguistic group of Nepal.