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Princeton's WordNet

  1. radium, Ra, atomic number 88noun

    an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in minute amounts in uranium ores

  2. Ra, Renoun

    ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods

  3. right ascension, RA, celestial longitudenoun

    (astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle, measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that passes through an object in the sky; usually expressed in hours and minutes and seconds; used with declination to specify positions on the celestial sphere

    "one hour of right ascension equals fifteen degrees"

Wiktionary

  1. Ranoun

    Any of a series of moraines, in parts of Norway, that are long ridges covered with stones.

  2. Ranoun

    The Egyptian god of the sun.

Wikipedia

  1. Ra

    Ra (; Ancient Egyptian: rꜥ or rˤ; also transliterated rˤw /ˈɾiːʕuw/; cuneiform:

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  1. ra

    The term "Ra" can have multiple meanings based on different contexts. However, in most general use, "Ra" refers to an ancient Egyptian sun god. He was considered as the most important god in ancient Egypt, believed to rule in all parts of the created world: the sky, the earth, and the underworld.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ranoun

    a roe; a deer

Wikidata

  1. Ra

    Ra or Re was the ancient Egyptian solar deity. By the Fifth Dynasty he had become a major god in ancient Egyptian religion, identified primarily with the midday sun. The meaning of the name is uncertain, but it is thought that if not a word for 'sun' it may be a variant of or linked to words meaning 'creative power' and 'creator'. The major cult centre of Ra was Heliopolis, where he was identified with the local sun-god Atum. Through Atum, or as Atum-Ra, he was also seen as the first being and the originator of the Ennead, consisting of Shu and Tefnut, Geb and Nut, Osiris, Set, Isis and Nephthys. In later Egyptian dynastic times, Ra was merged with the god Horus, as Re-Horakhty. He was believed to rule in all parts of the created world the sky, the earth, and the underworld. He was associated with the falcon or hawk. When in the New Kingdom the god Amun rose to prominence he was fused with Ra as Amun-Ra. During the Amarna Period, Akhenaten suppressed the cult of Ra in favour of another solar deity, the Aten, the deified solar disc, but after the death of Akhenaten the cult of Ra was restored.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Ra

    rä, n. the supreme sun-god of the Memphite system of ancient Egyptian mythology.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. RA

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ra is ranked #18793 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Ra surname appeared 1,458 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Ra.

    72.5% or 1,057 total occurrences were Asian.
    13.4% or 196 total occurrences were White.
    6.2% or 91 total occurrences were Black.
    5% or 73 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Anagrams for RA »

  1. A.R.

  2. AR

  3. ar

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of RA in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of RA in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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