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ra

Pronunciation: /rɑː/

“ra” is an Old English word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. roe deer, roebuck

Etymology

A contraction of earlier rāha, from Proto-West Germanic *raihō, *raih, from Proto-Germanic *raihô, *raihą. The 5th-century runic form ᚱᚨᛇᚺᚨᚾ (raïhan) is possibly an ancestor of this word, but may be North Germanic instead.

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