IRA

Definition: IRA

IRA

Noun

1. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred.

2. Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins).

"IRA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be watchful", "watchman", "making bare", "pouring out".

Date "IRA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Bible	Ira citizen; wakeful. (1.) A Tekoite, one of David's thirty warriors (2 Sam. 23:26). (2.) An Ithrite, also one of David's heroes (2 Sam. 23:38). (3.) A Jairite and priest, a royal chaplain (2 Sam. 20:26) or confidential adviser (comp. 2 Sam. 8:18; 1 Chr. 18:17). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Finance	See individual retirement account. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

IRA is an acronym with various meanings.

There are several paramilitary groups which claim the title 'Irish Republican Army', and advocate an all-island Irish state achieved though force with no ties to the United Kingdom.

Irish Republican Army (main page of wikipedia explaining the linked history of movements claiming to be the IRA)
Provisional IRA (sometimes called the PIRA, a republican breakaway group in the 1970s associated with Sinn Féin (this is the dominant IRA)
Official IRA (The marxist IRA officially on ceasefire since the 1970s. The PIRA above broke from this movement)
Real IRA (a breakaway from the PIRA formed after the 1990s ceasefires)
Continuity IRA (a breakaway from the PIRA formed in 1986)
Old IRA (The official Army of the Irish Republic (1919-1922). Later IRAs claimed to be this organisation. Most Irish people disagree. )

On a completely different note, there is also:

The Individual Retirement Account (legal name: Individual Retirement Arrangement) or IRA, a private retirement account in the USA that enjoys certain tax benefits.

There is also the personal name:

Ira

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

In Polynesian mythology, Ira is the sky goddess and mother of the stars.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
IRA	English	International Authority of the Ruhr	N/A
IRA	French	Syndrome de détresse respiratoire de l'adulte	Medicine
IRA	German	Irisch-Republikanische Armee	Military & Defense, Politics & International Affaires
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: IRA

Synonyms: anger (n), individual retirement account (n), ire (n), wrath (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Insanity	Phrase: the mind having lost its balance; the reason under a cloud; tet exaltee, tet montee; ira furor brevis est; omnes stultos insanire.
Irascibility	Phrase: a vieux comptes nouvelles disputes; quamvis tegatur proditur vultu furor; vino tortus et ira.
Punishment	Phrase: culpan paena premit comes; "eating the bitter bread of banishment"; gravis ira regum est semper; sera tamen tacitis paena venit pedibus; suo sibi gladio hunc jugulo.
Resentment	Phrase: one's blood being up, one's back being up, one's monkey being up; fervens difficili bile jecur; the gorge rising, eyes flashing fire; the blood rising, the blood boiling; haeret lateri lethalis arundo; " beware the fury of a patient man "; furor arma ministrat; ira furor brevis est; quem Jupiter vult perdere dementat prius; "What, drunk with choler? ".
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: IRA

English words defined with "IRA": 401-k, 401-k plan ♦ Ca ira ♦ Ira Gershwin. (references)

Specialty definitions using "IRA": Bernstein Mode ♦ period certain ♦ spousal IRA. (references)

Etymologies containing "IRA": Iracund, irascible, ire. (references)

Non-English Usage: "IRA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Italian (anger, ire, rage, wrath), Latin (anger, ire, rage, resentment, wrath), Occitan (anger), Portuguese (anger, blood, choler, Dander, ire, odium, rage, wrath), Spanish (anger, Dander, ire, rage, temper, wrath).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Hey Ira, the kid's here with the broad. (Romancing the Stone; writing credit: Diane Thomas) Ira Rosenberg's only daughter nailing crucifixes to her bedroom wall? (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) Ça ira mieux. (Sirène du Mississippi, La; writing credit: François Truffaut) Ira Chuvney. (Laughter on the 23rd Floor; writing credit: Neil Simon;)
Movie/TV Titles	You'll Get Into Trouble Ira (1970) El Largo viaje hacia la ira (1969) Ça ira il fiume della rivolta (1964) L' Ira di Achille (1962) Ira Sleeps Over (1993)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	A Secret History of the IRA (reference) Las Uvas De LA Ira (reference) Roth to Riches: The Ordinary to Roth IRA Handbook (reference) The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin (Complete Lyrics) (reference) The Ira (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Ed Slotts Ira Advisor (reference) Ira Reporter (reference) Ira Required Minimum Distribution Training Guide (reference) Pension Management Companys Ira & Keogh Compliance Update (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	George And Ira Gershwin In Hollywood: Motion Picture Soundtrack Anthology [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) Sincerely, George & Ira Gershwin (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Running Snow Hole Rapids on Salmon River Transportation for level party Level party of Ira Rubottom. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Barge with out-board motor on Salmon River Level party of Ira Rubottom. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Bench mark setters transportation during Salmon River leveling Level party of Ira Rubottom. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Leveling through the snow Level party of Ira Rubottom. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Ira Thomas. Credit: Library of Congress.		Dr. Ira N. Remsen--The new president of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore / photographed by Mesny, Baltimore. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Ira D. Sankey. Credit: Library of Congress.		Portrait of Pvt. Ira Fish, 150th New York Infantry, U.S.A. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Mrs. Ira Richards, Jr., residence in Locust Valley, Long Island. Bathroom. Credit: Library of Congress.		Ira Suval, residence in Lawrence, Long Island. Detail of lamp and fireplace. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Ira Progoff	The meaning of life cannot be told; it has to happen to a person.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Netherlands	Investment in countries with which the Netherlands has concluded a bilateral investment treaty are eligible for coverage under the IRA. (references)
	Ireland	The process stalled in 1995 due to disagreements between the British Government and Sinn Fein, the political arm of the IRA, about the decommissioning of IRA weapons. (references)
	Ireland	This led the Irish Republican Army (IRA) to call a "total cessation" of military operations on August 31, 1994. This was followed 6 weeks later by a similar cease-fire by the loyalist paramilitaries. (references)
Human Rights	Ireland	In 2000 the commission suspended the search pending new information from the IRA. (references)
	United Kingdom	Family members of the victims criticized Sinn Fein, a legal political party linked with the IRA, for refusing to assist in the police investigation. (references)
	United Kingdom	Other groups that the Government determined were not maintaining a total and unequivocal cease-fire were the Real IRA (RIRA), the Continuity IRA, the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA), the Red Hand Defenders, and the Orange Volunteers. (references)
Political Rights	United Kingdom	In July the conflict intensified, when David Trimble, reflecting disquiet within his Ulster Unionist Party, resigned his position as First Minister, promising to resume office only after the IRA had begun weapons decommissioning. (references)
	United Kingdom	In October the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning reported that the IRA had put a quantity of its weapons "permanently beyond use." Trimble was elected as First Minister in the Assembly, a significant pro-Agreement development. (references)
	United Kingdom	In Northern Ireland the devolved institutions established under the 1998 Good Friday Agreement functioned precariously due to continuing controversies over the participation of Sinn Fein in government as long as the IRA refused to decommission its weapons. (references)
Trade	Australia	An IRA is presently (6/99) being carried out. (references)
	Australia	An IRA, to determine how and if the risk can be managed, can take an average of two years to carry out. (references)
	Australia	An IRA was carried out for cooked U.S. poultry, but the resulting cooking times and temperatures are excessively high and would render the product unpalatable. (references)
Worker Rights	Mauritius	The IRA prohibits antiunion discrimination. (references)
	Ghana	The IRA governs trade unions and their activities. (references)
	Swaziland	The Labor Commissioner may reinstate unions quickly, once they have met all the legal requirements of the IRA. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"IRA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.83% of the time. "IRA" is used about 1,758 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	99.83%	1,755	4,793
Noun (singular)	0.11%	2	245,945
Unclassified Items	0.06%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	1,758	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "IRA" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Ira	First name Female	4,000	1,535
Ira	First name Male	35,000	351
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"IRA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be watchful", "watchman", "making bare", "pouring out".

The following table summarizes names related to "IRA."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Ira	Male	Biblical	N/A
Ira	N/A	Biblical	N/A
Ira	Male	English	N/A
Ira	Male	Jewish	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

1. Ira, IA
Zip Code(s): 50127
Country: USA

2. Ira, MI
Zip Code(s): 48023
Country: USA

3. Ira, TX
Zip Code(s): 79527
Country: USA

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Expression: IRA

Expressions using "IRA": Ca ira ♦ gravis ira regum est semper ♦ ira furor brevis est ♦ Ira Gershwin ♦ provisional ira ♦ vino tortus et ira. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "IRA": ira-related.
	Ending with "IRA": ex-ira.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: IRA

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
ira	1,697	ira rule	49
roth ira	1,586	ira einhorn	45
ira rollover	179	roth ira account	45
simple ira	174	roth ira calculator	44
sep ira	171	ira rennert	40
ira account	153	ira information	36
education ira	129	ira investment	35
self directed ira	108	401k rollover ira	35
ira toyota	94	roth ira rule	34
ira withdrawal	72	ira contribution limit	34
traditional ira	69	ira glass	33
ira distribution	67	ira beneficiary	32
ira contribution	66	ira losco	31
handley ione ira	59	ira levin	31
hayes ira	58	roth conversion ira	29
educational ira	56	de ira locos	28
ira rate	55	ira rollovers	26
ira real estate	52	bloom chasing ira jane paint	24
stretch ira	50	inherited ira	24
ira calculator	49	uspa ira	24
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: IRA

Language		Translations for "IRA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Russian		Айра (Ira 1). (various references)

Spanish		ira provisional (provisional ira). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: IRA

Language	Date	Source	Luke Chapter 4, Verse 28
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai eplhsqhsan panteV qumou en th sunagwgh akouonteV tauta
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et repleti sunt omnes in synagoga ira haec audientes
Old English	990	West Saxon	Wurdon hig ealle on þære gesamnunge mid yrre gefylled. þas þing gehyrende;
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And alle in the synagoge herynge these thingis, weren fillid with wraththe.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And as many as were in ye sinagoge when they herde that were filled with wrath:
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And all who were in the Synagogue were very angry when these things were said to them.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: IRA

Language	Luke Chapter 4, Verse 28
Cebuano	Ug sa pagkadungod nila niini, silang tanan nga diha sa sulod sa sinagoga nangasuko sa hilabihan gayud.
Chinese	會 � � 裡的人聽見這話、都 �' 氣滿胸．
Croatian	Èuvši to, svi se u sinagogi napune gnjevom,
Danish	Og alle, som vare i Synagogen, bleve fulde af Harme, da de hørte dette.
Dutch	En zij werden allen in de synagoge met toorn vervuld, als zij dit hoorden.
Finnish	Tämän kuullessaan kaikki, jotka olivat synagoogassa, tulivat kiukkua täyteen
French	Ils furent tous remplis de colère dans la synagogue, lorsqu`ils entendirent ces choses.
German	Und sie wurden voll Zorns alle, die in der Schule waren, da sie das hörten,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Semua orang di rumah ibadat itu marah sekali waktu mendengar hal itu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka sekalian orang itu pun sangatlah marahnya di dalam rumah sembahyang tatkala didengarnya perkataan yang demikian ini.
Italian	All'udire queste cose, tutti nella sinagoga furono pieni di sdegno;
Latvian	Un visi, to dzirdçdami, kïuva pilni dusmu.
Manx Gaelic	As va ooilley ny v'ayns y synagogue tra cheayll ad ny goan shoh, lhieent lesh jymmoose,
Maori	A ki tonu i te riri te hunga katoa i te whare karakia, i te rongonga ki enei mea;
Norwegian	Og alle i synagogen blev fulle av vrede da de hørte dette,
Portuguese	Todos os que estavam na sinagoga, ao ouvirem estas coisas, ficaram cheios de ira.
Rumanian	Toyi cei din sinagogq, cknd au auzit aceste lucruri, s`au umplut de mknie.
Russian	хУМЩЫБЧ ЬФП, ЧУЕ Ч УЙОБЗПЗЕ ЙУ� ПМОЙМЙУШ СТПУФЙ
Shuar	Israer-shuarsha iruntai jeen pujuarmia nu, nuna antukar ti kajerkarmiayi.
Spanish	Al oír estas cosas, todos en la sinagoga se llenaron de ira,
Swahili	Wote waliokuwa katika lile sunagogi waliposikia hayo walikasirika sana.
Swedish	När de som voro i synagogan hörde detta, uppfylldes de alla av vrede
Uma	Mpo'epe lolita-na Yesus toe we'i, moroe lia-ramo hawe'ea tauna to hi rala tomi posampayaa.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: IRA

Derivations
	Words beginning with "IRA": iracund, irade, irades, irascibilities, irascibility, irascible, irascibleness, irasciblenesses, irascibly, irate, irately, irateness, iratenesses, irater, iratest. (additional references)
	Words ending with "IRA": hegira, hejira, hetaira, lempira, lira, madeira, mbira, moira, naira, pareira. (additional references)
	Words containing "IRA": acquirable, adenoviral, admirabilities, admirability, admirable, admirableness, admirablenesses, admirably, admiral, admirals, admiralties, admiralty, admiration, admirations, amirate, amirates, antiperspirant, antiperspirants, antipiracies, antipiracy, antirabies, antirachitic, antiracism, antiracisms, antiracist, antiracists, antiracketeering, antiradar, antiradical, antiradicalism, antiradicalisms, antirape, antirational, antirationalism, antirationalisms, antirationalist, antirationalists, antirationalities, antirationality, antiviral, aspirant, aspirants, aspirata, aspiratae, aspirate, aspirated, aspirates, aspirating, aspiration, aspirational, aspirations. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: IRA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: air, ria.
	Words within the letters "a-i-r"
	-1 letter: ai, ar.
	Words containing the letters "a-i-r"
	+1 letter: abri, airn, airs, airt, airy, amir, aria, arid, aril, fair, fiar, hair, izar, lair, lari, liar, lira, mair, pair, ragi, raia, raid, rail, rain, raki, rami, rani, rial, rias, sari, vair, wair.
	+2 letters: abris, acari, acrid, aerie, afire, afrit, agria, aider, aimer, aired, airer, airns, airth, airts, aiver, amirs, areic, argil, arias, ariel, arils, arise, aroid, arris, arsis, astir, atria, atrip, aurei, auric, auris, bairn, baric, braid, brail, brain, bravi, briar, caird, cairn, carpi, ceria, chair, cigar, circa, coria, curia, dairy, daric, deair, diary, dinar, drail, drain, erica, fairs, fairy, fakir, faqir, farci, feria, fiars, filar, flair, frail, friar, garni, glair, grail, grain, hairs, hairy, hilar, ihram, inarm, infra, invar, irade, irate, ixora, izars, kafir, kauri, korai, krait, laari, laird, lairs, laris, liard, liars, libra, lidar, liras, mairs, maria, mbira, micra, mikra, mirza, moira, nadir, naira, naric, naris, noria, padri, pairs, pardi, paris, pilar, prima, rabbi, rabic, rabid, radii, radio, radix, ragis, raias, raids, rails, rains, rainy, raise, rakis, ramie, ranid, ranis, rapid, ratio, ravin, rawin, redia, retia, rials, riant, riata, rioja, rival, riyal, sabir, sarin, saris, serai, simar, sirra, sitar, sizar, stair, stria, tapir, tarsi, terai, tiara, tragi, traik, trail, train, trait, triac, triad, trial, uraei, urari, urbia, urial, vairs, varia, varix, vicar, viral, virga, wairs, wirra, yaird, zaire, ziram.
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Alternative Orthography: IRA

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 52 41

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

⁼

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.. .-. .-

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01010010 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#82 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 0052 0041

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

435235

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Non-English Dictionaries with "IRA"

Language	Coverage	Language Translations
Russian	словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение	русский, ruso
Spanish	diccionario, definición, traducción	испанский, español
English	Dictionary, Definition, Translation	английский, inglés

IRA

Definition: IRA

IRA

Noun

Specialty Definitions: IRA

Specialty Definition: IRA

Ira

Abbreviations & Acronyms: IRA

IRA

IRA

IRA

Synonyms: IRA

Synonyms within Context: IRA

Insanity

Irascibility

Punishment

Resentment

Crosswords: IRA

Modern Usage: IRA

Screenplays

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: IRA

Books

Periodicals

Music

Image Slideshow: IRA

Photos:IRA

Photo Album: IRA

Familiar Quotations: IRA

Ira Progoff

Non-Fiction Usage: IRA

Usage Frequency: IRA

Name Usage Frequency: IRA

Derived & Related Names: IRA

Cities: IRA