R.I.

¹

abbreviation for

1. Queen and Empress.

R.I.

²

abbreviation for

1. King and Emperor.

RI

³

or R.I.

abbreviation for

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

RI

abbreviation for

1. Regina et Imperatrix
2. Rex et Imperator
3. Rhode Island
4. Royal Institution
5. religious instruction
6. (Republic of) Indonesia (international car registration)

Word History and Origins

Origin of R.I.¹

From Latin Rēgīna et Imperātrīx

Origin of R.I.²

From Latin Rēx et Imperātor

Word History and Origins

Origin of R.I.¹

(sense 1) Latin: Queen and Empress

Example Sentences

Cronin helped Richard Pitino get his first coaching job at St. Andrew’s High outside Providence, R.I., while Pitino was attending college.

From Los Angeles Times

When they hit together on the Redondo Union High courts one blue-sky afternoon last month, Giron was ranked 45th in the world, hot off his first ATP title in Newport, R.I., in the summer.

From Los Angeles Times

She and Maroney, an art gallerist, wed in October 2019 in Newport, R.I., and have largely kept their relationship out of the public eye.

From Los Angeles Times

On Feb. 20, 2003, a pyrotechnic display during the band’s set at the Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., ignited soundproofing insulation lining the venue’s walls and ceiling, leading to a fire that quickly engulfed the club.

From Los Angeles Times

Stanley P. Goldstein, who in the early 1960s helped start a retail chain named Consumer Value Stores, which, after shortening its name to CVS — because, he said, fewer letters meant cheaper signs — grew into the largest drugstore chain in the United States, died on Tuesday at his home in Providence, R.I.

From New York Times