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Ranga vs Raga - What's the difference?

ranga | raga |

As nouns the difference between ranga and raga

is that ranga is an orange-haired or red-haired person while raga is the melodic mode used in Indian classical music.

As a proper noun Raga is

a language spoken in Vanuatu.

ranga

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia, slang, pejorative) An orange-haired or red-haired person.
  • * 2009 , , Sons of the Rumour , unnumbered page,
  • You?re looking down upon ‘rangas ’ crossing at the traffic lights below. What a cheap but satisfying form of Dublin entertainment! With the sun out, the redheads of Dublin glow like copper wire.
  • * 2010 , , Punch & Judy: The Double Disillusion Election of 2010 , Large Print 16pt Edition, page ii,
  • Indeed, Julia Eileen Gillard may not even be the country?s first ranga prime minister; since all the old ones appear only in black and white, we can?t tell.
  • * 2010 , Katrina Nannestad, Red Dirt Diary , HarperCollins Australia, unnumbered page,
  • Fez?s resolutions:
    3. I will not call Blue ‘Ranga Girl’.

    Usage notes

    Sometimes used as a nickname or epithet.

    See also

    * Bluey

    Anagrams

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    raga

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia raga) (en noun)
  • The melodic mode used in Indian classical music.
  • Passion, love, lust; in Buddhist mythology, a daughter of the demon Mara that personifies these qualities.