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RA en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of rear admiral, a rank in the Royal Navy.
   alt of rear admiral
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of receptor agonist.
   alt of receptor agonist
   • GLP-1 RA
3. (Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of republic act.
   alt of republic act
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of rescue ambulance.
   alt of rescue ambulance
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of research assistant.
   alt of research assistant
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of resident assistant: a trained student leader, within a college or university, who is given the responsibility of supervising students living in a residence hall.
   alt of resident assistant
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of resolution advisory (a type of TCAS warning).
   alt of resolution advisory
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of restricted area: an area that only authorized people can enter.
   alt of restricted area
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of rheumatoid arthritis.
   alt of rheumatoid arthritis
10. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of right ascension.
    alt of right ascension
11. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of right atrium.
    alt of right atrium
12. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of roughness average
    alt of roughness average
13. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Royal Academician: a member of the Royal Academy of Arts.
    alt of Royal Academician

Forms

Coordinates

LA · exclusion zone · RV · LV

Relateds

Ra

RA en · PROPN

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Royal Academy.
   alt of Royal Academy
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Royal Artillery: a regiment in the British Army.
   alt of Royal Artillery
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Republic of Armenia.
   alt of Republic of Armenia
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Resident Advisor.
   alt of Resident Advisor
5. The Provisional Irish Republican Army.
   • Aside from the RA inner core (of around 200 or so), AFA's periphery – not all of whom supported RA's Irish Republicanism – comprised students, anarchists, non-aligned anti-fascists, former hunt saboteurs, and even football casuals. 2016, Nigel Copsey, Anti-Fascism in Britain, page 177:
   • Good old Austin [Currie] was quick to say we hadn't and it wasn't a vote for the RA. 2006, Andrew Higgins Wyndham, Re-imagining Ireland, page 122:
   • Up the RA!
   • If he joins the RA he sees himself as a free man one day walking down the streets of New York. 2011, Dermot Healy, A Goat's Song:

Translations (2)

hy ՀՀ (Republic of Armenia) · ru РА (Republic of Armenia)

RA en · X

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Arabicرَضِيَ ٱللهُ عَنْهُ (raḍiya llāhu ʕanhu, “may God be pleased with him”): a suffixal honorific used to honour companions of Muhammad (and by extension, the pious deceased in some usage).
   alt of Arabicرَضِيَ ٱللهُ عَنْهُ
   • Abu Bakr (RA), a companion of Muhammad (PBUH).
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of Arabicرَحْمَةُ ٱللهِ عَلَيْهِ (raḥmatu llāhi ʕalayhi, “may God have mercy on him”): a suffixal honorific used to honour the deceased.
   alt of Arabicرَحْمَةُ ٱللهِ عَلَيْهِ
   • Muhammad Ali Jinnah (RA) is known as the Father of Pakistan.