Ira
[ahy-ruh]
- a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”
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IRA
or I.R.A.
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Examples from the Web for ira
Contemporary Examples
Ira Glass eventually tapped the up-and-comers to be the in-house band for This American Life.
The attempt was hatched in an effort to have a death sentence on an IRA man commuted, the military pensions archives reveal.
He was given an IRA pension for five and a half years service.
Feinstein, no slouch himself in the wunderkind department, began his career at the age of 20, working for Ira Gershwin.
Mr McGuinness spent five to six weeks there in 1976 where he was on remand facing a charge of IRA membership.
Historical Examples
He began to play again, and this time his tune was the "a Ira."
The Northern IronGeorge A. Birmingham
Unacknowledged, the shadow of Ira Baldwin fell across her wonder.
A Christmas Accident and Other StoriesAnnie Eliot Trumbull
Ira's cold reception of the suggestion was duly disposed of by the deputy.
Tales of Trail and TownBret Harte
The head of the unconscious deputy was close to Ira's heavy boot.
Tales of Trail and TownBret Harte
Ira Beasley glanced at the pale face of the acrobat, and shook his head.
Tales of Trail and TownBret Harte
IRA
- Irish Republican Army
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Word Origin and History for ira
Ira
masc. proper name, from Hebrew, literally "watchful," from stem of 'ur "to awake, to rouse oneself."
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