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Ira may refer to:

Acronyms

Most commonly

• Irish Republican Army, which has existed in various forms since 1916 (see List of organisations known as the Irish Republican Army for details)
  • Since 1969, the Provisional Irish Republican Army has usually been referred to simply as the "IRA"
• Individual Retirement Account, a private retirement account as defined by the United States Internal Revenue Code

Also

• Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
• Indian Rationalist Association, a member of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations
• Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 secured certain rights to Native Americans
• Indian Rights Association, an advocacy and lobbyist group for the rights of Native Americans
• Intercollegiate Rowing Association, the national championship for USA men's collegiate rowing
• Internal Revenue Allotment, the local government's share of revenues from the national government of the Philippines
• International Racquetball Association, an organisation regulating the sport of Racquetball
• International Reading Association, a membership organisation of literacy professionals
• International Reference Alphabet No. 5 as defined by ITU-T T.50.
• Inventory Record Accuracy, a verification protocol for stores
• Inverness Royal Academy, a secondary school in Scotland
• Íslenskir Radíóamatörar, an amateur radio organization in Iceland
• IRA IRA: Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996

Places

• Eira, Messenia, also known as Ira, a municipality in northern Messenia, Greece
• Īra, the Livonian name for Lielirbe, Latvia

In the United States

• Ira, Iowa
• Ira Township, Michigan
• Ira, New York
• Ira, Texas
  • Ira Independent School District
• Hopewell, Red River County, Texas, formerly Ira
• Ira, Vermont

Given names

• Ira (עִירָא, Standard Hebrew ʿIra, Tiberian Hebrew ʿÎrâ), a Hebrew language personal name
• "Ira", a diminutive form of the name Irina
• Ira, a sanskrit name, for the Goddess of wisdom, Saraswati, also for the wind-god, also meaning 'Earth'

It can be used either as a male or a female name.

People

• Ira Aldridge (1807–1867), U.S. stage actor
• Ira Allen (1751–1814), one of the founders of Vermont
• Ira Angustain (1958), U.S. actor
• Ira Aten (1862-1953), Texas Ranger
• Ira Babcock (c. 1808–1888), American pioneer
• Ira Baldwin (1895–1999), founder of the Wisconsin Academy Foundation
• Ira Basen, Canadian radio producer
• Ira Coleman Batman (1862–1934), U.S. jurist and politician
• Ira Berkow (1940), Pulitzer Prize-winning sports reporter
• Ira Berlin (1941), American historian
• Ira Bowman (1973), American professional basketball player
• Ira Byock, physician and author
• Ira Condict (1764–1811), third President of Queen's College
• Ira Clifton Copley (1864–1947), U.S. politician and newspaper publisher
• Ira C. Eaker (1896–1987), general of the United States Army Air Forces
• Ira Allen Eastman (1809-1881), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire
• Ira Flatow, U.S. journalist
• Ira A. Fulton (1931), U.S. businessman
• Ira Fuchs, U.S. founder of BITNET
• Ira Gershwin, lyricist and brother of composer George Gershwin
• Ira Glass, U.S. radio personality
• Ira B. Harkey Jr. (1918–2006), Pulitzer Prize winning author
• Ira Hayes, U.S. Marine, immortalized in the iconic photograph of the flag raising on Iwo Jima
• Ira B. Hyde (1838–1926), Republican representative from Missouri, USA
• Ira Kaplan, U.S. musician, singer and guitarist for Yo La Tengo
• Ira Levin, U.S. novelist
• Ira C. Owens (1936), Lieutenant General of the United States Army
• Ira Sankey, American gospel singer and composer, associated with evangelist Dwight L. Moody.
• Ira Shor, American academic working in critical pedagogy.

Mythology

• Ira (mythology), a goddess in Polynesian mythology
• "Ira", another name for the goddess of Knowledge, Saraswati in Hindu mythology
• "Ira", short name of 'Irawati' goddess Laxmi

Fiction

• Ira Goldstein, ASB Bank character
• Ayra, a fictional character from Nintendo's Fire Emblem series; known in Japan as "Aira"
• Ira Buchman, a character in the US television series, Mad About You

Music

• IRA (Polish heavy metal band), a Polish rock band, popular in the early 1990s
• Ira (musical instrument), used in Kallawaya traditional music in South America
• Ira!, a popular Brazilian rock 'n' roll band
• I.R.A. (band), "Ideas de Revolución Adolescente", a Colombian punk band

Other

• Ira, Latin word for Wrath, one of the seven deadly sins
• Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology, Brigham Young University
• Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University

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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Pronunciation

• (Irish Republican Army): IPA: /aɪ-ɑɹ-eɪ/
• (Individual Retirement Account): IPA: /aɪ-ɑɹ-eɪ/, IPA: [ˈaɪrə]

Acronym

IRA

1. Irish Republican Army
2. Individual Retirement Account
3. Investment Recovery Association

Derived terms

• Continuity IRA
• Old IRA
• Official IRA
• Provisional IRA
• PIRA
• Real IRA
• Roth IRA

See also

• Provo

Anagrams

• Anagrams of air
• raï
• ria