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rada¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Polish rada, from Middle High German rât. Compare German Rat, Icelandic ráð and Dutch raad. Doublet of rede.

noun radas

  1. A parliamentary body in a number of Slavic countries.
  2. A soviet, a form of governing council in the former Soviet Union.

Rada²

Where it comes from

After the personal name (Rada Dany) of a prominent local family.

proper noun

  1. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.

Rada³

Where it comes from

Feminine form of dialectal Bulgarian and Ukrainian рад (rad, “glad, thankful”), from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

proper noun Radas

  1. A transliteration of the Bulgarian or Ukrainian female given name Ра́да (Ráda)

Rada⁴

Where it comes from

Apparently a local form of Arada (now Allada), a city in ancient Dahomey.

noun

  1. uncountable In Haitian voodoo, a class of loa of Dahomeyan origin, chiefly associated with warmth and benevolence. The majority of the deities are Dahomean and the rites of these are called Rada, from the town Allada.

Rada⁵

Where it comes from

Alternative forms.

proper noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of rada

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noun a parliamentary body in a number of Slavic countries

한국어라다 rada
日本語ラーダ rāda
中文拉達 /拉达 lādá
DeutschRada
ΕλληνικάΡάδα Ráda, ράδα ráda
Русскийра́да ráda, сове́т sovét

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@misc{rada_2026,
  title = {rada},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rada},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}