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RI

1 American  
Or R.I.

abbreviation

  1. Rhode Island (approved especially for use with zip code).


R.I. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Queen and Empress.


R.I. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. King and Emperor.


RI British  

abbreviation

  1. Regina et Imperatrix

  2. Rex et Imperator

  3. Rhode Island

  4. Royal Institution

  5. religious instruction

  6. (Republic of) Indonesia (international car registration)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of R.I.2

From Latin Rēgīna et Imperātrīx

Origin of R.I.3

From Latin Rēx et Imperātor

Example Sentences

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Pernod Ricard RI -3.61%decrease; red down pointing triangle said it is focused on cost-control after weakening sales in the U.S. and Chinese markets bit into the distiller’s earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

Key to the whole operation were the intense streams of radioactive isotopes produced by the Riken RI Beam Factory in Wako, Japan.

From Scientific American • Aug. 31, 2023

"This work yields an important finding that an increasing threat of RI in coastal regions has occurred in the preceding decades, which may continue under a future warming climate."

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2023

“Since 1950, there has never been a tornado recorded in CT or RI in the month of November,” the NWS tweeted.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2021

The software was created by Electronic Book Technologies of Providence, RI, and is called Dynatext.

From Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts by Library of Congress