Rai
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Acronyms
- RAI, radioactive iodine, in the medical context of the treatment of thyroid problems
- RAIRAIRAI — Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A. known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane, is the Italian state owned public service broadcaster controlled by the Ministry of Economic Development. Rai is the biggest television company in Italy...
, Radiotelevisione Italiana, Italian public broadcasting - Praia International AirportPraia International AirportPraia International Airport is an airport located on Santiago Island in Cape Verde. It was opened in late 2005, replacing the old Francisco Mendes International Airport. It is located about 3 km northeast of central Praia in the southeastern part of the island of Santiago.The first flight to...
in Cape Verde, IATA airport code - Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and IrelandRoyal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and IrelandThe Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland is the world's longest established anthropological organization, with a global membership. Since 1843, it has been at the forefront of new developments in anthropology and new means of communicating them to a broad audience...
- Rijwiel Automobile Industrie, which gives its initials to Amsterdam RAI railway stationAmsterdam RAI railway stationThe railway station Amsterdam RAI is situated in southern Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It lies between the two directions of the A10 Amsterdam ring road. It is also a metro station at which GVB operates two routes...
in south Amsterdam and the nearby conference complex Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention CentreAmsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention CentreThe Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre , or RAI for short, is a complex of conference and exhibition halls in the Zuidas business district of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The complex gives its name to the nearby Amsterdam RAI railway station... - Islamic Republic of Iran RailwaysIslamic Republic of Iran RailwaysThe Islamic Republic of Iran Railways is the national state-owned railway system of Iran. is an associate of the IR and manages its passenger trains including international trains between Tehran and Istanbul and Tehran and Damascus...
is abbreviated as RAI
Fictional characters
- Rai (comics)Rai (comics)Rai is a fictional superhero that appeared in books published by Valiant Comics. Rai was the first original hero created by Valiant and had its beginning as a flipbook back-up feature in Magnus Robot Fighter issues #5-8. The popularity of the flipbook back-up story later led to an ongoing series...
, fictional character from Valiant Comics - Rai Bakuoh, one of the characters from the fighting game Waku Waku 7Waku Waku 7is a SUNSOFT fighting game initially released as an arcade game for the MVS / Neo Geo system in 1996. It was later ported to the Sega Saturn. An arcade-perfect port is included in the 2008 Playstation 2 release, Sunsoft Collection. The Neo Geo version will be ported to the Japanese Virtual Console...
- Rai, the protagonist of the anime Ginga Sengoku Gun'yūden RaiGinga Sengoku Gun'yūden Raiis a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Johji Manabe. In 1994, it was adapted into a 52 episode anime television series by Easy Film and broadcast in Japan on TV Tokyo between April 8, 1994 and March 31, 1995- Characters :- Episodes :...
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Geography
- Rai (area)Rai (area)A rai is a unit of area, equal to 1,600 square metres , used for measuring land area. Its current size is precisely derived from the metre, but is neither part of nor recognized by the modern metric system, the International System ....
, a traditional Thai unit of area, equaling 1,600 m² - Rai, OrneRai, OrneRai is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France....
, a commune of the Orne département, in France
People
- Aishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiAishwarya Rai Bachchan is an Indian film actress. She worked as a model before starting her acting career, and ultimately won the Miss World pageant in 1994...
, (born 1973) Former Miss World (1994) and Indian Actress - Bechara Boutros al-RahiBechara Boutros al-RahiPatriarch Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi is the 77th Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, a position he has held since 15 March 2011, succeeding Patriarch Cardinal Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir.-Early life:...
, or Beshara Rai, incumbent Maronite patriarch in Lebanon - Bali RaiBali RaiBali Rai is an author of teenage novels. He was born in Leicester in 1971.He is hailed as a great author and visits many schools også sutter han pik...-For his book arranged marriage:*South Lanarkshire Book Award shortlist...
, young-adult fiction novelist from Leicester, England - Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Kannada writer and activist in India
- Lakshmi RaiLakshmi RaiLakshmi Rai is an Indian film actress and model from Belgaum, Karnataka, predominantly appearing in Malayalam and Tamil films. While most of her Tamil releases performed poorly at the box office, she rose to fame with the popular Malayalam-language films Annan Thambi , 2 Harihar Nagar ,...
, South Indian actress - Lala Lajpat RaiLala Lajpat RaiLala Lajpat Rai was an Indian author, freedom fighter and politician who is chiefly remembered as a leader in the Indian fight for freedom from the British Raj. He was popularly known as Punjab Kesari or Sher-e-Punjab meaning the samem and was part of the Lal Bal Pal trio...
, an Indian author, freedrom fighter and politician (1865-1928) - Prakash Rai, South Indian actor
- Priya RaiPriya RaiPriya Rai, also known as Priya Anjali Rai and Priya Rai Anjali , is an Indian American pornographic actress.-Early life:...
, Indian American porn star - RaíRaíRaí, full name Raí Souza Vieira de Oliveira is a former Brazilian football midfielder. He was part of the Brazil team which won 1994 FIFA World Cup. He also played for São Paulo FC when he had the most glorious time of his career, and Paris Saint-Germain, two clubs for which he has achieved...
, Brazilian football (soccer) player - Amit RaiAmit RaiAmit Rai is an Indian film director and writer. He won the Gollapudi Srinivas National Award in 2009 for directing Road to Sangam. His 2009 Marathi film Tingya, won him the best director award at the International Film Festival of South Africa, 2009....
Film Director - Kalpnath RaiKalpnath RaiShri Kalpnath Rai was a member Rajya Sabha from 1974-80, 1980-86, 1986-92 and represented Ghosi four times to the Lok Sabha, he was also Minister in various Congress ministries at the centre and was a senior Congress Leader.- Biography :...
politician - Acharya Kuber Nath RaiAcharya Kuber Nath RaiAcharya Kuber Nath Rai was a writer and scholar of Hindi Literature and Sanskrit.-Early life:He was born in Matsa village, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh in a Brahmin of bhumihar Brahmin clan family...
Writer - Viveki RaiViveki RaiViveki Rai is a famous literary figure of Hindi & Bhojpuri literature. He belongs to Sonwani village in Ghazipur. He got many awards from U P Govt. He has written more than 50 books. Sonamati is a popular novel of Mr.Rai...
Hindi Writer - Kusum RaiKusum RaiKusum Rai is an Indian politician. She is a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.She is a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She belongs to Azamgarh. She is a woman politician of India...
Politician - Ram Bahadur RaiRam Bahadur RaiRambahadur Rai is a eminent Hindi Journalist. Rai is the editor of Pratham Pravakta, a Hindi fortnightly news magazine published from Delhi. A former news editor of Jansatta newspaper, he is the author of Rahvari ke Sawal and Manjil se Jyada Safar . A founder organiser of JP Movement, Ram bahadur...
Journalist - Jharkhande RaiJharkhande RaiJharkhande Rai was an Indian Communist politician. He was an eminent leader and one of the pillars of the Communist Party of India in Purvanchal, Uttar Pradesh He was born in a Bhumihar Brahmin family. He was elected to the 4th Lok Sabha, 5th Lok Sabha and 7th Lok Sabha in 1967, 1971 and 1980...
Ex. MP - Gauri Shankar RaiGauri Shankar RaiShri Gauri Shankar Rai was a member of the Sixth Lok Sabha during 1977-79 representing Ghazipur constituency of Uttar Pradesh. Earlier he had been member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council . He served as the Leader of Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Legislative...
Ex,MP
Social and ethnic groups
- Rai (ethnic group)Rai (ethnic group)The Rai are one of Nepal's most ancient indigenous ethnolinguistic groups. They were Raya meaning king. Once someone was recognized as a ruler then Hindus awarded the title Raja, Rai, Raya, Malla etc. When the king Pritivi Narayan Shah couldn't defeat Kirant king , he somehow took them in...
, an ethnolinguistic group of Nepal - Rai (Indian)Rai (Indian)Rai is a title of honour in India and is also used as a surname mainly by Rajput, Jat of North India and Bunts of coastal Karnataka and Kerala in south India.It is also used as a surname by Bhumihar of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.It is derived from Raja and the Marathi/Telugu variant is Rao, while...
, a title in India, with various related meanings and compound forms of Rajput & Bhumihar caste - Rai (Punjabi surname)Rai (Punjabi surname)Rai is a Jat clan or gotra found mainly in India's Punjab state and Pakistan's Punjab state. Rai is one of the most well known Sikh jat clans originating from the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. The home village for most Rais is Moranwali. Most Sikh jat Rais live in Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur...
a Jat clan found in the Punjab (India)Punjab (India)Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
and Punjab (Pakistan)Punjab (Pakistan)Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...
Other uses
- Rai (also RaïRaïRaï is a form of folk music that originated in Oran, Algeria from Bedouin shepherds, mixed with Spanish, French, African and Arabic musical forms, which dates back to the 1930s....
), a form of folk music that originated in Oran, Algeria, from Bedouin shepherds (evolved into a popular genre) - Rai languages, Dhanwar Rai language
- Rai UniversityRai UniversityRai University, now called Rai Foundation is a private multi-campus college in India, offering various courses on 25 campuses in India and overseas. Programs are accredited by International Accreditation Agency, Finland. It also has campuses in USA, UK, Dubai...
, a university in India - Rai stonesRai stonesRai, or stone money, are large, circular stone disks carved out of limestone formed from aragonite and calcite crystals, Rai stones were mined in Palau and transported for use to the island of Yap, Micronesia...
, a kind of stone currency used in Yap (Caroline Islands) - Rai (also Raai), the Hindi term for Mustard seeds
- rai (paradise)Rai (paradise)The term rai in Slavic languages is a term for a heavenly or earthly paradise. In some of these languages the term is a synonym with the Greco-Persian term paradise.-Etymology:...
a term for paradise found in Slavic languages.