Ira

[ ahy-ruh ]

noun
  1. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”

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IRA

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How to use Ira in a sentence

  • All three of the arrivals sat down at the front, while Ira passed inside and lighted an oil-lamp.

    Two Boys in Wyoming | Edward S. Ellis
  • Go inside, and I reckon Ira can give you some medicine fur that appetite Hank spoke about.

    Two Boys in Wyoming | Edward S. Ellis
  • His hands hung limp at his sides, his head was dropped on his breast; not even a Ira looked more dejected.

    The Red City | S. Weir Mitchell
  • The eight-hour movement drew its inspiration from an economic theory advanced by a self-taught Boston machinist, Ira Steward.

  • His faithful Venusians, Ran-los, Ta-Ira, and the rest were just on the other side of the three-inch plate of toughened steel.

    The Great Dome on Mercury | Arthur Leo Zagat

British Dictionary definitions for IRA

IRA

abbreviation for
  1. Irish Republican Army

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