Ra

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ra"

Translingual

Symbol

Ra

1. (chemistry) Chemical element symbol for radium.

English

Pronunciation 1

• enPR: rä
• IPA^(key): /ɹɑː/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: Ra

Etymology 1

Ra (sense 1)

Conventional Egyptological pronunciation (not to be confused with reconstructed pronunciations) of Egyptian (rꜥ, “the sun; Ra”).

Proper noun

Ra

2. (Egyptian mythology) The Egyptian god of the Sun.

   Synonym: Re

Coordinate terms

• Amun
• Aten
• Atum
• Khepri
• Khnum

Derived terms

• Amun-Ra
• Raet-Tawy
• Ra-Horakhty

Translations

Egyptian god of the Sun

• Afrikaans: Ra
• Arabic: رع m
• Armenian: Ռա (Ṙa)
• Belarusian: Ра m (Ra)
• Bengali: রা (bn) (ra)
• 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)

  Ancient Greek: Ῥά m (Rhá)

• Hebrew: רַע (he) m (Ra)
• Hindi: रा (rā)
• Hungarian: Ré, Rá
• Italian: Ra (it) m
• Japanese: ラー (ja) (Rā)
• Korean: 라 (ko) (ra)
• Latin: Ra (la) m
• Limburgish: Ra m
• Macedonian: Ра m (Ra)
• Malayalam: റാ (ṟā)
• Māori: Ra
• Marathi: रा m (rā)
• Mingrelian: რა (ra)
• Mongolian: Ра (Ra), Рэ (Re)
• Polish: Ra (pl) m pers
• Portuguese: Ré m, Rá m
• Punjabi: ਰਾ (rā)
• Russian: Ра (ru) m (Ra)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ра̑ m

  Latin: Rȃ (sh) m

• Sinhalese: රා (rā)
• Tamil: இரா (ta) (irā)
• Thai: รา (th) (raa)
• Tibetan: རུའེ། (ru'e)
• Ukrainian: Ра m (Ra)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

Ra (plural Ras)

1. (geology) Any of a series of moraines, in parts of Norway, that are long ridges covered with stones.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Fijian Ra.

Proper noun

Ra

2. A province of Fiji.

Etymology 4

Abbreviation.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Ra

1. 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.

Pronunciation 2

Initialism.

• Hyphenation: R‧A

Etymology

Abbreviation.

Noun

Ra (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of average roughness

   Alternative forms: RA, R_a

   Coordinate terms: Rq, R_q, Rt, R_t, Rp, R_p, Rv, R_v, Rz, R_z, R, S, Sa, S_a, Std, S_td, Sds, S_ds

Anagrams

• A.R., Ar., ar, A&R, ar', A & R, ar-, -ar, ar., A/R, AR, A. & R.

Asturian

Proper noun

Ra ?

1. initialism of La Ribera

Italian

Ra (sense 1)

Etymology

Transcription of Egyptian (rꜥ, “sun; the god Ra”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: Rà

Proper noun

Ra m

2. (Egyptian mythology) Ra (Egyptian god of the Sun)

   Synonym: Dio Sole

Anagrams

• A.R.

Māori

Ra (sense 1)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra/ [ˈɾɐ]

Proper noun

Ra

2. (Egyptian mythology) Ra (Egyptian god of the Sun)

Polish

Ra (sense 1)

Alternative forms

• Re

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin Ra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: Ra

Proper noun

Ra m pers (indeclinable)

2. (Egyptian mythology) Ra (Egyptian god of the Sun)

Further reading

• “Ra”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• Ra in PWN's encyclopedia