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Rada

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
  2. 2
    A transliteration of the Bulgarian or Ukrainian female given name Ра́да (Ráda)
  3. 3
    Alternative letter-case form of rada. alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    A parliamentary body in a number of Slavic countries.
  2. 2
    In Haitian voodoo, a class of loa of Dahomeyan origin, chiefly associated with warmth and benevolence. uncountable

    "The majority of the deities are Dahomean and the rites of these are called Rada, from the town Allada."

  3. 3
    A soviet, a form of governing council in the former Soviet Union.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Polish rada, from Middle High German rât. Compare German Rat, Icelandic ráð and Dutch raad. Doublet of rede.

Etymology 2

After the personal name (Rada Dany) of a prominent local family.

Etymology 3

Feminine form of dialectal Bulgarian and Ukrainian рад (rad, “glad, thankful”), from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

Etymology 4

Apparently a local form of Arada (now Allada), a city in ancient Dahomey.

Etymology 5

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