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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A river, about 725 km (450 mi) long, of northwest India and northeast Pakistan. Rising in the Himalaya Mountains, it is one of the five rivers of the Punjab.

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Examples

  • One on-line India news agency reports that Ravi is of Indian descent, but doesn't say his religious or cultural background.

    Ruth Starkman: Dorm Life Is a Jungle: The Tragedy of Tyler Clementi Ruth Starkman 2010

  • One on-line India news agency reports that Ravi is of Indian descent, but doesn't say his religious or cultural background.

    Ruth Starkman: Dorm Life Is a Jungle: The Tragedy of Tyler Clementi Ruth Starkman 2010

  • Sensing trouble, he called Ravi, who was at the birthday party, and reported the neighbour's remarks.

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  • Two of the naxalites killed in the encounter were identified as Ravi, 30, of Gundala village and Srisailam of Pandurangapurm village, near Palvancha.

    Archive 2006-09-01 Abhay N 2006

  • Two of the naxalites killed in the encounter were identified as Ravi, 30, of Gundala village and Srisailam of Pandurangapurm village, near Palvancha.

    Three naxalites killed in encounter Abhay N 2006

  • My parents, sister, wife and I had gone to Dubai recently to attend some weddings and one night we went to a well-known South Asian restaurant called Ravi for dinner.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Imam Khalid Latif 2012

  • Mr Jafferjee said Mr Singh and one of the accused, Mr Shoker, known as Ravi, were both "besotted" with Ms Mahil who was described by all "as an intelligent and attractive young woman".

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • "Let's make a plan," Novacich tells the man, who gives his name as Ravi.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • My parents, sister, wife and I had gone to Dubai recently to attend some weddings and one night we went to a well-known South Asian restaurant called Ravi for dinner.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Imam Khalid Latif 2012

  • England scrape a one-day series win thanks to recalled Ravi, but does their new-found strength in depth create more questions than answers?

    Cricinfo news from Cricinfo 2010

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