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rā

[rah]
noun
  1. the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
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Origin of rā

From Arabic
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British Dictionary definitions for rā

RA

abbreviation for
  1. rear admiral
  2. astronomy right ascension
  3. (in Britain) Royal Academician or Academy
  4. (in Britain) Royal Artillery
  5. Argentina (international car registration)
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Word Origin for RA

(sense 5) from República Argentina

Ra

1
the chemical symbol for
  1. radium
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Ra

2

Re

noun
  1. the ancient Egyptian sun god, depicted as a man with a hawk's head surmounted by a solar disc and serpent
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Word Origin and History for rā

Ra

"hawk-headed sovereign sun god of Egyptian mythology," from Egyptian R' "sun, day."

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rā in Medicine

Ra

  1. The symbol for the elementradium
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rā in Science

Ra

  1. The symbol for radium.
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