rā

¹ American  

[rah] / rɑ /

noun

1. the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.

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Ra ² American  

[rah] / rɑ /

Also Re

noun

Egyptian Religion.

1. 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).

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Ra ³ American  

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. radium.

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RA ⁴ American  

1. regular army.

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R.A. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. rear admiral.

2. Astronomy. right ascension.

3. royal academician.

4. Royal Academy.

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RA ¹ British  

abbreviation

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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Ra ² British  

symbol

1. radium

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Ra ³ British  

/ rɑː /

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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Etymology

Origin of rā

From Arabic

Example Sentences

Ray, rā, n. a popular name for such flat, cartilaginous fishes as the skate, thornback, and torpedo.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Ray, rā, n. the scab—a disease of sheep.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Reh, rā, n. a saline efflorescence which comes to the surface in extensive tracts of Upper India.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various