Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
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name
Initialism of Rhode Island: a state of the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Qualifier: postal
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name
Abbreviation of Riau: a province of Indonesia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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name
Initialism of Raffles Institution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Alternative form of Yi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Initialism of radioisotope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
Initialism of radio interference.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
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noun
rex imperator (“king-emperor”) or regina imperatrix (“queen-empress”); the initials by which a British monarch signed documents after his or her name from 1877 until 1947.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, monarchy, politics
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noun
A Korean unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Units of measure
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noun
The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the sharp of the second note of a major scale, enharmonic to me.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Rhode Island, Little Rhody, Ocean State
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: American state
History
From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 리 (ri), from Chinese 里 (lǐ). Doublet of li.
