| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| razzia |
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| SYLLABICATION: | raz·zi·a |
| PRONUNCIATION: | r z - |
| NOUN: | A plundering raid. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Arabic dialectal azya, from Arabic azwa, raid, military attack, from az , to raid. See zw in Appendix II.
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