rā

¹

[ rah ]

noun

1. the 10th letter of the Arabic alphabet.

Ra

²

[ rah ]

noun

, Egyptian Religion.

1. a sun god of Heliopolis, a universal creator worshiped throughout Egypt (typically represented as a hawk-headed man bearing on his head the solar disk and the uraeus).

Ra

³

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. radium.

RA

⁴

1. regular army.

R.A.

⁵

abbreviation for

1. rear admiral.
2. Astronomy. right ascension.
3. royal academician.
4. Royal Academy.

Ra

¹

/ rɑː /

noun

1. the ancient Egyptian sun god, depicted as a man with a hawk's head surmounted by a solar disc and serpent

RA

²

abbreviation for

1. rear admiral
2. astronomy right ascension
3. (in Britain) Royal Academician or Academy
4. (in Britain) Royal Artillery
5. Argentina (international car registration)

Ra

³

the chemical symbol for

1. radium

Word History and Origins

Origin of rā¹

From Arabic

Word History and Origins

Origin of rā¹

(sense 5) from República Argentina

Example Sentences

“Jojo Rabbit’s” Maori production designer Rā Vincent was also among this year’s indigenous Oscar nominees.

From Los Angeles Times

However, at the outset, I had hoped to map, on the scale of 1 inch = 1 mile, the whole area between the Arun Gorge on the East and the Rā Chu on the West: and from the Nepāl-Tibet boundary Northwards for some 20 miles; i.e. to the point where the various streams, flowing in a Northerly direction from the high boundary ridge, issue from the mountains proper into the more rolling foot-hills on the Southern outskirts of the Tibetan Plateau.

From Project Gutenberg

On June 24, the day after Messrs. Mallory and Bullock had started for the Rongbuk Valley, Dr. Heron and I marched South across the plain to the village of Sharto, en route Kyetrāk, in the Rā Chu Valley, where I intended to establish my base camp while surveying the Kyetrāk Glacier and West face of the Cho Oyu—Gyachung Kāng group.

From Project Gutenberg

The next three days were spent in moving my base camp to the bridge across the Rā Chu, 6 miles below Kyetrāk; taking a light camp up to about 18,000 feet on the prominent hill immediately East of the bridge, climbing the latter, sitting through the usual storms without doing any work, and returning to the bridge.

From Project Gutenberg

Originally, I had hoped not only to return to the bridge over the Rā Chu to complete the work in the Kyetrāk Valley, but also to take several stations in the valleys running North from the 23,000-foot group North of Everest.

From Project Gutenberg