Rai
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Rai may refer to:
- Acronyms
- RAI, radioactive iodine, in the medical context of the treatment of thyroid problems
- RAI, Radiotelevisione Italiana, Italian public broadcasting
- Praia International Airport in Cape Verde, IATA airport code
- Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland
- Rijwiel Automobile Industrie, which gives its initials to Amsterdam RAI railway station in south Amsterdam and the nearby conference complex Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre
- Islamic Republic of Iran Railways is abbreviated as RAI
- Fictional characters
- Rai (comics), fictional character from Valiant Comics
- Rai Bakuoh, one of the characters from the fighting game Waku Waku 7
- Rai, the protagonist of the anime Ginga Sengoku Gun'yūden Rai.
- Geography
- Rai (area), a traditional Thai unit of area, equaling 1,600 m²
- Rai, Orne, a commune of the Orne département, in France
- People
- Aishwarya Rai, (born 1973) Former Miss World (1994) and Indian Actress
- Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, or Beshara Rai, incumbent Maronite patriarch in Lebanon
- Bali Rai, young-adult fiction novelist from Leicester, England
- Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Kannada writer and activist in India
- Lakshmi Rai, South Indian actress
- Lala Lajpat Rai, an Indian author, freedrom fighter and politician (1865-1928)
- Prakash Rai, South Indian actor
- Priya Rai, Indian American porn star
- Raí, Brazilian football (soccer) player
- Amit Rai Film Director
- Kalpnath Rai politician
- Acharya Kuber Nath Rai Writer
- Viveki Rai Hindi Writer
- Kusum Rai Politician
- Ram Bahadur Rai Journalist
- Jharkhande Rai Ex. MP
- Gauri Shankar Rai Ex,MP
- Social and ethnic groups
- Rai (ethnic group), an ethnolinguistic group of Nepal
- Rai (Indian), a title in India, with various related meanings and compound forms of Rajput & Bhumihar caste
- Rai (Punjabi surname) a Jat clan found in the Punjab (India) and Punjab (Pakistan)
- Other uses
- Rai (also Raï), a form of folk music that originated in Oran, Algeria, from Bedouin shepherds (evolved into a popular genre)
- Rai languages, Dhanwar Rai language
- Rai University, a university in India
- Rai stones, a kind of stone currency used in Yap (Caroline Islands)
- Rai (also Raai), the Hindi term for Mustard seeds
- rai (paradise) a term for paradise found in Slavic languages.
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