RA
Translingual
Symbol
RA
- (international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Argentina.
- Synonym: AR (for general use)
Usage notes
This is an indeterminately reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 on the request of the Secretary-General of the United Nations due to its use in designating road vehicles under the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO. The general-purpose code for Argentina is AR.
English
Noun
RA (plural RAs)
- (medicine) Initialism of rheumatoid arthritis.
- (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of right atrium.
- (military) Initialism of rear admiral, a rank in the Royal Navy.
- Initialism of Royal Academician, a member of the Royal Academy.
- Initialism of resident assistant, a trained student leader, within a college or university, who is given the responsibility of supervising students living in a residence hall.
- Initialism of Restricted Area, an area that only authorized people can enter. See also Exclusion zone.
- (aviation) Initialism of resolution advisory (a type of TCAS warning).
- Initialism of rescue ambulance.
- Initialism of research assistant
Proper noun
RA
- Initialism of Royal Academy, the Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in London, England.
- Initialism of Royal Artillery, a regiment in the British Army.
- Initialism of Republic of Armenia.
- Initialism of republican army, most often the Provisional IRA.
- Up the RA!
Phrase
RA
Further reading
Ra (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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