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Translingual

Symbol

RA

  1. (international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Argentina.
    Synonym: AR (for general use)

Usage notes

This is an indeterminately reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the Secretary-General of the United Nations due to its use in designating road vehicles under the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO. The general-purpose code for Argentina is AR.

English

Noun

RA (plural RAs)

  1. (medicine) Initialism of rheumatoid arthritis.
  2. (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of right atrium.
  3. (military) Initialism of rear admiral, a rank in the Royal Navy.
  4. Initialism of Royal Academician, a member of the Royal Academy.
  5. Initialism of resident assistant, a trained student leader, within a college or university, who is given the responsibility of supervising students living in a residence hall.
  6. Initialism of Restricted Area, an area that only authorized people can enter. See also Exclusion zone.
  7. (aviation) Initialism of resolution advisory (a type of TCAS warning).
  8. Initialism of rescue ambulance.
  9. Initialism of research assistant

See also

Proper noun

RA

  1. Initialism of Royal Academy, the Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in London, England.
  2. Initialism of Royal Artillery, a regiment in the British Army.
  3. Initialism of Republic of Armenia.
  4. Initialism of republican army, most often the Provisional IRA.
    Up the RA!
    • 2006, Andrew Higgins Wyndham, Re-imagining Ireland, page 122:
      Good old Austin [ Currie ] was quick to say we hadn't and it wasn't a vote for the RA [ Republican Army ] .
    • 2011, Dermot Healy, A Goat's Song:
      If he joins the RA he sees himself as a free man one day walking down the streets of New York.
    • 2016, Nigel Copsey, Anti-Fascism in Britain, page 177:
      Aside from the RA inner core (of around 200 or so), AFA's periphery – not all of whom supported RA's Irish Republicanism – comprised students, anarchists, non-aligned anti-fascists, former hunt saboteurs, and even football casuals.

Translations

Phrase

RA

  1. Initialism of rahmatu 'llahi alayh, that is Arabic رحمة الله عليه (“God have mercy on him”), a eulogy used by Muslims in reference to honoured deceased.
    Muhammad Ali Jinnah (RA) is known as the Father of Pakistan.

Further reading

Anagrams

German

Noun

RA m (strong, genitive RA, plural RAe)

  1. Abbreviation of Rechtsanwalt.

Declension

Declension of RA
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der RA die RAe
genitive eines des RA der RAe
dative einem dem RA den RAen
accusative einen den RA die RAe

Noun

RA m (strong, genitive RAs or RA, plural RAs)

  1. (colloquial) Initialism of Rechtsanwalt.

Declension

Declension of RA
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der RA die RAs
genitive eines des RAs, RA der RAs
dative einem dem RA den RAs
accusative einen den RA die RAs
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