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Ras
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A male given name. rare
"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."
- 1 An Ethiopian king or prince.
- 2 A headland; a cape.
- 3 plural of Ra form-of, plural
- 4 Initialism of retinoic acid syndrome abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 5 plural of RA form-of, plural
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- 6 the network in the reticular formation that serves an alerting or arousal function wordnet
- 7 Initialism of redundant acronym syndrome. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 8 Initialism of replenishment at sea. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 9 Abbreviation of rail accessory system. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
- 10 Initialism of reticular activating system. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 11 Initialism of reasonable articulable suspicion. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 12 Initialism of renin-angiotensin system. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
- 13 Initialism of remote access service. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Etymology
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”)
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