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RAF

RAF proper noun: the German Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Faction). Also the initialism of Royal Air Force.

Proper noun (1)

RAF

  1. The German Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Faction).
  2. The national identifier for Russians in international motorsport while Russia is under ban by the ruling of the Court of Arbitration for Sport supporting the ban enacted by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Raf

Raf (plural Rafs)

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Rafael.
    • The Nets players sometimes jokingly call Derrick Coleman, of all things, Joe Jackson. Joe Jackson? Coleman says it comes courtesy of forward Rafael Addison. […] "It's just something Raf started," Coleman said of the nickname.1993 January 24, Mike Freeman, “Nets' Coleman: No Ordinary 'Joe'”, in The New York Times

Also used as

RAF is also the initialism of Royal Air Force.

RAF is also the initialism of Russian Armed Forces.

RAF is also the abbreviation of Russian Automobile Federation.

Forms of RAF

pluralRafs

Origin of RAF

Clipping of Rafael.

Words formed from RAF

Phrases with RAF

Words that rhyme with RAF

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Questions about RAF

What does RAF mean?
RAF means the German Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Faction).
What part of speech is RAF?
RAF is a proper noun.

Words near RAF in the dictionary

  1. Raeto-Romanic
  2. Raetz
  3. Raetzes
  4. Raetzke
  5. Raewyn
  6. RAF
  7. Rafa
  8. Rafael
  9. Rafael Palma
  10. Rafah
  11. rafale

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