Ra

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ra"

Translingual

Symbol

Ra

1. (chemistry) Chemical symbol for radium.

English

Ra (sense 1)

Pronunciation

• enPR: rä
• IPA^(key): /ɹɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: Ra

Etymology 1

Transcription 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
• Ra-Horakhty
• Raet-Tawy

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)
• Hebrew: רַע (he) m (Ra)
• Hindi: रा (rā)
• Hungarian: Ré, Rá
• Italian: Ra m
• Japanese: ラー (ja) (Rā)
• Korean: 라 (ko) (ra)
• Latin: Ra m
• Limburgish: Ra m
• Macedonian: Ра m (Ra)
• Malayalam: റാ (ṟā)
• Maori: 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

  Roman: 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

(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).
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   • 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.

Anagrams

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

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.

Maori

Ra (sense 1)

Etymology

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

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:

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• 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
• Ra in PWN's encyclopedia