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R.I.

R.I. is the initialism of Rhode Island.

Meaning of Rhode Island

Proper noun

Rhode Island

  1. The smallest state of the United States. Official name: State of Rhode Island.
    • California joins New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island in banning declawing statewide, according to the Los Angeles Times. Several California cities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley, Burbank, Culver City, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, and West Hollywood, had previously...2025 October 9, Angelique Brenes, “California bans declawing cats under new state law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom”, in KTLA5, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2025
  2. The official name of Aquidneck Island.

Questions about R.I.

What is R.I. the initialism of?
R.I. is the initialism of Rhode Island.

Words near R.I. in the dictionary

  1. r. s. v. p.
  2. R. V.
  3. r.e.
  4. R.E.M.
  5. r.h.s.
  6. R.I.
  7. R.I.P. in peace
  8. R.I.S.
  9. R.I.S.s
  10. R.N.
  11. R.N.s

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Adapted from Wiktionary: R.I. (page history and authors); Rhode Island (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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