"Raffles" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈɹæfəlz/
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Raffles
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Raffles-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. (colloquial) The Raffles Hotel, Singapore. Tags: colloquial Derived forms: Raffles Bay, rafflesia, Rafflesian, Raffles Island, Raffles's malkoha, Rafflesia, Rafflesia arnoldii, Rafflesiaceae Related terms: Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore
    Sense id: en-Raffles-en-name-MBZ1No87 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71

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