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Translingual
Symbol
Ra
- (chemistry) radium.
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Ra
- (Egyptian mythology) The Egyptian god of the Sun.
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Translations
Egyptian god of the Sun
- Arabic: رع m
- Armenian: Ռա (Ṙa)
- Belarusian: Ра m (Ra)
- Bengali: রে (bn) (re)
- Bulgarian: Ра m (Ra)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 拉 (zh) (Lā)
- Chuvash: Ра (Ra)
- Coptic: ⲫⲢⲏ m (phRē)
- Czech: Re (cs) m
- Egyptian: (rꜥ m)
- Esperanto: Reo
- French: Rê (fr) m, Râ (fr) m
- Georgian: რა (ka) (ra)
- German: Re (de) m
- Greek: Ρα (el) m (Ra)
- Hebrew: רַע (he) m (Ra)
- Hindi: रा (rā)
- Hungarian: Ré, Rá
- Japanese: ラー (ja) (Rā)
- Korean: 라 (ko) (ra)
- Limburgish: Ra m
- Macedonian: Ра m (Ra)
- Malayalam: റാ (ṟā)
- Marathi: रा m (rā)
- Mingrelian: რა (ra)
- Mongolian: Ра (Ra), Рэ (Re)
- Portuguese: Ré m, Rá m
- Punjabi: ਰਾ (rā)
- Russian: Ра (ru) m (Ra)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Ра̑ m
- Roman: Rȃ (sh) m
- Sinhalese: රා (rā)
- Tamil: இரா (ta) (irā)
- Thai: รา (th) (raa)
- Tibetan: རུའེ། (ru'e)
- Ukrainian: Ра m (Ra)
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Etymology 2
Noun
Ra (plural Ras)
- (geology) Any of a series of moraines, in parts of Norway, that are long ridges covered with stones.
Etymology 3
Proper noun
Ra
- Alternative form of RA (republican army; IRA).
2005, Matthew Evangelista, Peace Studies: Critical Concepts in Political Science, page 235:When I first joined the Ra they said, ' You'll either be maimed, or killed and if you're lucky, just have to spend half your life in prison'.
2007, Mia Gallagher, HellFire: A Novel:Dan's excuse for leavin was the Ra.
2017, Michael Layton, Bill Rogerson, The Hooligans Are Still Among Us:Another one sung by Celtic fans is 'ooh ahh up the Ra', which is described as an Irish rebel song by some.
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Etymology
Transcription of
Egyptian (rꜥ,
“sun; the god Ra”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈra/
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: Rà
Proper noun
Ra m
- (Egyptian mythology) Ra (god of the Sun)
- Synonym: Dio Sole
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