Irra

[ eer-ah ]

noun

1. the Akkadian god of pestilence.

Example Sentences

“We want the navy and the government to keep doing everything they can to continue the search,” said Mei-li Chew Irra, whose husband, Ulises Díaz Salgado, was the captain.

From Los Angeles Times

Irra′tionally.—Irrational numbers, a term applied to those roots of numbers which cannot be accurately expressed by a finite number of figures—e.g.

From Project Gutenberg

Along with much engaging music of this kind, there are generally bright and amusing lyrics, and. in Barbara Cook, Irra Petina and Robert Rounseville, the right kind of singers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Irra Petina, a Russian emigre who trained at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute, was one of eight noisy amazons in Die Walk�re.

From Time Magazine Archive

Girra, Irra, god, 174, 7; 177, 12. girru, lion, 215, 29.

From Project Gutenberg