Ra Definition

rä
noun
The sun god and principal deity: usually depicted as having the head of a hawk and wearing the solar disk as a crown.
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Obsolete spelling of era.

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Synonyms:
abbreviation
Regular army.
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Rear Admiral.
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Residence assistant.
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Right ascension.
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Royal Academician.
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symbol
Radium.
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Other Word Forms of Ra

Noun

Singular:
Ra
Plural:
RAS

Origin of Ra

  • Egyptian r‘ sun, Ra

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ra Sentence Examples

  • The term was first applied to one of the treatises of Aristotle on the basis of the arrangement of the Aristotelian canon made by Andronicus of Rhodes, in which it was placed " after the physical treatises" with the description ra.

  • Ra, when combined as second letter with k-, t-, p -, is written under the first, and when combined with another consonant as first letter over the second.

  • The daughters are named Zahy and Ra`wa by Mas`udi ii.

  • See Insc Rip Tions; Palaeog Ra Phy.

  • The winter was passed in the valley of the Ra chu, a tributary of the Chiamdo chu (his Dza chu), and excursions were made as far as Derge droncher.

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