Ratana

/ ˈrɑːtɑːnɑː /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Ratana Church or the Māori Christian religious movement associated with it

noun

1. the Ratana Church itself

2. a member of the Ratana Church

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ratana¹

from the Church's founder, TW Ratana (1873–1939)

Example Sentences

On Saturday, four members of a family in the northeastern province of Mondulkiri who had gone into the forest to collect resin were killed when a grenade exploded from a handheld B-41 rocket launcher believed to date from the 1980s, according to Heng Ratana, director general of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre.

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Heng Ratana also told The Associated Press that a 47-year-old man who was a dealer of sand used in construction was killed on Sunday in the southern city of Sihanoukville when a 105-mm artillery shell exploded.

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Ratana Sriauan, is a digital content creator from the province of Udon Thani in the poor northeastern region of Isan, where most of Thailand’s overseas workers hail from, and she wrote on Facebook about and abducted friend whom she callled by a nickname.

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He is serving a whole-life jail term for Sgt Ratana's murder after a trial earlier this year, during which his legal team said he was suffering an autistic meltdown at the time of the shooting.

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He later managed to move his handcuffed arms from behind his back to fire at Sgt Ratana.

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