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4 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: IRA n 1: a self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement; taxes on the interest earned in the account are deferred [syn: {individual retirement account}, {IRA}] 2: belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: {wrath}, {anger}, {ire}] 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
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