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'RA

'RA is the alternative form of RA.

Meaning of RA

Proper noun

RA

  1. The Provisional Irish Republican Army.
    • Up the RA!

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Proper noun capitalized: 'Ra

'Ra

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of RA (republican army; IRA).
    • She says, 'It was all Ooo Ah, Up the 'Ra, and the place went ballistic.'2017, Malachi O'Doherty, Gerry Adams: An Unauthorised Life
    • As one volunteer put it: 'When you join the 'Ra, you're told straight up, you'll either spend a lot of time in jail or you'll die.'2021, Ian Cobain, Anatomy of a Killing

Questions about 'RA

What is 'RA the alternative form of?
'RA is the alternative form of RA.
What part of speech is 'RA?
'RA is a proper noun.

Words near 'RA in the dictionary

  1. 'Querque
  2. 'ques
  3. 'r
  4. 'r' slur
  5. 'r' slurs
  6. 'RA
  7. 'Rado
  8. 'rales
  9. 'rari
  10. 'raris
  11. 'rat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 'RA (page history and authors); 'Ra (page history and authors); RA (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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