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rā
1[ rah ]
noun
- the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
Ra
2[ rah ]
noun
, Egyptian Religion.
- a sun god of Heliopolis, a universal creator worshiped throughout Egypt (typically represented as a hawk-headed man bearing on his head the solar disk and the uraeus).
Ra
3Symbol, Chemistry.
- radium.
RA
4- regular army.
R.A.
5abbreviation for
- rear admiral.
- Astronomy. right ascension.
- royal academician.
- Royal Academy.
Ra
1/ rɑː /
noun
- the ancient Egyptian sun god, depicted as a man with a hawk's head surmounted by a solar disc and serpent
RA
2abbreviation for
- rear admiral
- astronomy right ascension
- (in Britain) Royal Academician or Academy
- (in Britain) Royal Artillery
- Argentina (international car registration)
Ra
3the chemical symbol for
- radium
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rā1
From Arabic
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rā1
(sense 5) from República Argentina
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Example Sentences
We visited several other rooms, all of them magnificently furnished, and all the furniture apparently of the same æra.
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She had been married during the æra of jacobinism, and had divorced her husband, because they could not agree.
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It is, however, if I am not mistaken, one of the purest and most perfect specimens of the Norman æra.
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The sculptures, both in design and execution, far surpass any specimens of the corresponding æra in England.
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The only accession which the Roman empire received, during the first century of the Christian Æra, was the province of Britain.
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