Ra is the Sun-god of Ancient Egypt.
Ra or RA may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Film and television Ra (Stargate), a character from the film Stargate, based on the Egyptian god Ra (1972 film), a 1972 documentary film about Thor Heyerdahl's expeditions Ra (2014 film), a Tamil fantasy film
Music A half-step below Re on the solfège musical scale
Performers Ra (band), an American rock band Ra (musician), the pseudonym of Raoul Sinier, a French digital painter and electronic musician R.A. the Rugged Man (born c. 1974), American rapper Sun Ra (1914–1993), American jazz musician and philosopher Rise Against, an American punk/hardcore band
Albums Ra (Utopia album), 1977 Ra (Eloy album), 1988
Songs "Ra", a song by Northlane from Node, 2015 Ra (Inna song), 2018
Other media Ra (novel), a 2013 novel by Sam Hughes under the pseudonym qntm Ra (board game), a board game for two to five players designed by Reiner Knizia and based on ancient Egyptian culture Resident Advisor, an online magazine Command & Conquer: Red Alert, a game
Businesses and organizations Academia Resource Academia, an academic institution in Lahore, Pakistan Roosevelt Academy, a college in the Netherlands Royal Academy of Arts, in London, UK Royal Academician, one of the 80 practicing artists elected as a member of the Royal Academy Resident assistant, a student leader
Government, military, and political organizations Rainbow Alliance (Liberia), a political alliance in Liberia Rear admiral, a senior naval rank Regular Army, the permanent force of an army that is maintained during peacetime Regulatory affairs, a department in charge of industry-government relations Provisional Irish Republican Army, Irish Nationalist paramilitary group active during The Troubles Abbreviation used by its sympathizers. Resettlement Administration, a New Deal government program in the United States Royal Artillery, a regiment of the British Army
Other businesses and organizations Ramblers' Association, a UK organisation for walkers Registration authority, a body which maintains lists of international standards codes Rowing Australia, governing body for the sport of rowing in Australia Road America, which uses the logo "RA"; a racetrack in Wisconsin, USA Nepal Airlines (IATA code RA)
Linguistics Ra (Javanese) (ꦫ), a letter in the Javanese script Ra (kana), the Japanese kana ら and ラ ረ and ራ, Amharic letters that can be read as variations of ra, also related to the Semitic resh Resh or rāʾ, 10th letter of Arabic alphabet Ռ or ṙa, the 28th letter in the Armenian alphabet र, ड़', ढ़, and र्ह, Devanagari letters which can be called ra, ṛa or rha Ԗ, the 23rd letter rha («ра») in the older (1924−1927) Moksha language Cyrillic script ர and ற, Tamil letters articulated as ra, tra or dra depending on the consonant complex
Places Argentina, license plate code Ra (island) (or Rah), a small island of Vanuatu Ra Province in Fiji Ra (Fijian Communal Constituency, Fiji) Ra (Open Constituency, Fiji) Republic of Armenia Rawlins County, Kansas, of which the largest city is Atwood
Religion and mythology Ra, the Sun-god of Ancient Egypt Rå, a creature in Scandinavian mythology Rā, a Māori word for the Sun that is also used in other Polynesian languages Roua or Ra, a Polynesian deity Tama-nui-te-rā, a Maori Sun-god Radeyallāhu ′Anhu, an Islamic honorific
Science and technology Biology and medicine Retinoic acid, a metabolite of vitamin A Retrograde amnesia, a form of amnesia Rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic, systemic inflammatory disorder that attacks synovial joints Refractory anemia, an expression of myelodysplasia
Computing .ra, the file extension for RealAudio files Registration authority, in public key cryptography RemoteAccess, a BBS software program Route Advertisement, in networking, part of the Neighbor Discovery Protocol
Transportation SJ Ra, a Swedish locomotive Radar altimeter, an instrument on aircraft Resolution Advisory, an aircraft instruction from a Traffic Collision Avoidance System
Other uses in science and technology or Ra, a popular parameter of roughness, defined as the average of absolute values of deviation from the mean of a surface Color rendering index (), a measure of the ability of a light source to reveal the colors of objects faithfully Radium, symbol Ra, a chemical element Rain (METAR weather code RA) Rayleigh number, in physics Relation algebra, a type of mathematical structure Right ascension, in astronomy Risk analysis, in several fields Resource adequacy, in electrical power grids
People with the surname Armen Ra, Iranian-born American musician Aron Ra, American author, podcaster, and atheist activist Ed Ra (born 1981), American politician
Other uses Ra I and Ra II, reed boats used by Thor Heyerdahl's transatlantic expeditions Registered Architect, as a post-nominal suffix Relationship anarchy, the practice of building human relationships in non-hierarchical ways, based on individual agreements rather than cultural norms. Remittance advice, a letter sent by a customer to a supplier, to inform the supplier that their invoice has been paid Research assistant, in academia Republic Act, Philippine laws from 1946 to 1972 and after 1987 One of several ISO 217 standard paper sizes
See also RAH (disambiguation) RHA (disambiguation) Ras (disambiguation) Re (disambiguation)
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