Ray
proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue
- //ɹeɪ//
A surname transferred from the nickname.
proper noun
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A surname transferred from the nickname.
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A diminutive of the male given names Raymond, Rayane, or Rayan, also used as a formal given name.
-, or Raymond if it happened to be a boy, choosing it in the hope that a name like Ray would make a boy's life easier.
Although the name on his birth certificate was spelled "Ray", Ray said he was originally given the name "Rae" after Rae Williams, a cousin on his father's side.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood linked the drunken driving and distracted driving issues in his statement announcing the meeting.
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A diminutive of the female given name Rachel, more often spelled Rae.
'Rachel told me―' 'Call her Ray. She hates Rachel.'
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A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Coosa County, Alabama.
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A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Pinal County, Arizona.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana and Branch County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States: A township in Macomb County, Michigan.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Koochiching County, Minnesota.
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A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Williams County, North Dakota.
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A river in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, which joins the River Cherwell.
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A river in north Wiltshire, England, which joins the Thames.
Etymology
* As an English surname, from pet forms derived from the root of Raymond. * Also as an English surname, from Old French rei (“king”). Compare Roy, King. * Also as an English surname, from Old English rā (“roe deer”). Compare Roe. * Also as an English surname, variant of Wray and Rye. * As a Scottish Gaelic surname, shortened from McRae. * As a French surname, from the verb raier (“to gush out, flow, radiate”). Compare Leray. * As a Polish and Slovene surname, Americanized from Raj, from raj (“paradise”). * As an Indian surname, variant of Rai.
proper noun
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A city near Tehran, Iran.
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historicalA region and satrapy in ancient Iran located between the Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges and the Dasht-e Kavir desert; Rhagiana.
Etymology
From Persian ری (ray /rey), from Middle Persian, from Old Persian 𐎼𐎥𐎠 (r-g-a /ragā/), a Median district. Compare Akkadian 𒊏𒂵𒀪 (ra-ga-'), Elamite 𒊩𒋡𒀭 (rák-ka₄-an) (loc.), Ancient Greek Ῥάγαι (Rhágai), Latin Rhagae, Rhaganae, Iranian borrowings.