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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation Rhode Island

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Japanese unit of area, equal to 15.5 square kilometers.
  • noun A Japanese mile. It is divided into 36 cho, and is equal to about 2.45 English miles. See cho.
  • noun An abbreviation of Royal Indian Marine.
  • noun An abbreviation of Royal Irish Academy.
  • noun An abbreviation of the Latin phrase requiescat in pace, may he (or she) rest in peace.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • abbreviation Rhode Island, a state of the United States of America.
  • abbreviation Riau, a province of Indonesia.
  • abbreviation radioisotope.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state

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