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ras

ras noun: an Ethiopian king or prince.

Noun (1)

ras (plural rases)

  1. An Ethiopian king or prince.

Noun (2)

ras (plural rases)

  1. A headland; a cape.

Noun (3) capitalized: RAS

RAS (countable and uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of retinoic acid syndrome
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of redundant acronym syndrome.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of replenishment at sea.
  4. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of rail accessory system.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of reticular activating system.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of reasonable articulable suspicion.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of renin-angiotensin system.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of remote access service.

Proper noun capitalized: Ras

Ras (plural Rases)

  1. A surname.
  2. (rare) A male given name.
    • Newark Mayor Ras Baraka "committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings" to leave Delaney Hall, a facility being run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to acting US attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba.2025 May 9, Max Matza, “New Jersey mayor arrested in protest at migrant centre”, in BBC, archived from the original on 15 May 2025

Noun (4) capitalized: Ras

Ras

  1. (plural) plural of Ra

Noun (5) capitalized: RAs

RAs

  1. (plural) plural of RA

ras meaning in Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati and Odia

ras in Marathi

रास

ras in Bengali

রাস

ras in Gujarati

રાસ

ras in Odia

ରାସ୍, ରାସ
More languagesFewer languages
ras in Nepali
रास

Synonyms of ras

  • RIS
  • rail interface system
  • rail integration system

Forms of ras

Noun
pluralrases
Proper noun
pluralRases

Origin of ras

From Amharic ራስ (ras). More at Etymology 2.

From Arabic رأس (raʔs, “head(land)”). Doublet of ras (Etymology 1) above, as well as of resh; further related to reis.

Various origins: * Borrowed from Czech Raš and Polish Raś, a pet form of various Slavic personal names * Borrowed from Spanish Ras, from ras (“level”); perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived on flat land * Borrowed from French and Catalan Ras, from ras (“shorn, peeled, bare”), hence a topographic surname for someone who lived on a barren or razed area * Borrowed from Dutch Ras, nickname for a nimble person, from ras (“quick, swift”)

Words formed from ras

Phrases with ras

Questions about ras

What does ras mean?
Ras means an Ethiopian king or prince.
What is ras in Marathi?
Ras in Marathi is रास. See Ras meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is ras?
Ras can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of ras?
The plural of ras is rases.

Words near ras in the dictionary

  1. RARP
  2. rars
  3. rart
  4. rarted
  5. raræ aves
  6. ras
  7. Ras al Khaimah
  8. Ras al-Khaimah
  9. Ras al-Khayma
  10. Ras Algethi
  11. Ras Dashen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ras (page history and authors); RAS (page history and authors); Ras (page history and authors); RAs (page history and authors); ras (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ras (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ras (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ras (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ras (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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