IRA : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: IRA	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for IRA
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
IRA n a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland Synonym(s): Irish Republican Army, IRA, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA, Provos a retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred Synonym(s): individual retirement account, IRA belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) Synonym(s): wrath, anger, ire, ira
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Ira, IA Zip code(s): 50127 Ira, MI Zip code(s): 48023 Ira, TX Zip code(s): 79527
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ira, watchman; making bare; pouring out