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ratu

Pronunciation: /ˈratu/

“ratu” is an Indonesian word. Its 6 meanings in English:

noun

  1. monarch
  2. queen regnant: female monarch
  3. queen consort: wife of a king
  4. powerful or forceful female person
  5. the most powerful piece, able to move any number of spaces horizontally, vertically, or diagonally
  6. reproductive female insect in a hive.

Etymology

From Malay ratu, from Old Javanese ratu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *datu. Doublet of datu and datuk. * Semantic loan from Javanese ratu (ꦫꦠꦸ). * For sense of the most powerful piece in chess, semantic loan from Dutch koningin. * For sense of powerful or forceful female, semantic loan from English queen.

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