Ira or IRA may refer to: *

Ira (name) Ira ( or or ) is a Unisex name, male and female given name. As a Sansrkit male name, its meaning is that of the wind god, Vayu. As a female name its meaning is "the Earth". She is daughter of Daksha, Daksha Prajapati and is wife of Kashyapa Mahar ...

, a Hebrew, Sanskrit, Russian or Finnish language personal name * Ira (surname), a rare Estonian family name; occurs in some other languages *

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

, UNDP code IRA

Law and finance

Indian Reorganization Act The Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) of June 18, 1934, or the Wheeler–Howard Act, was U.S. federal legislation that dealt with the status of American Indians in the United States. It was the centerpiece of what has been often called the "Indian ...

of 1934, US, on status of Native Americans *

Individual retirement account An individual retirement account (IRA) in the United States is a form of pension provided by many financial institutions that provides tax advantages for retirement savings. It is a trust that holds investment assets purchased with a taxpayer's ...

(or individual retirement arrangement), in the US, giving tax benefits *

Inflation Reduction Act The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) is a United States federal law which aims to reduce the federal government budget deficit, lower prescription drug prices, and invest in domestic energy production while promoting clean energy. It was ...

of 2022, a US budget reconciliation bill *

Internal Revenue Allotment The Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) is a local government unit’s (LGU) share of revenues from the Philippine national government. Provinces, independent cities, component cities, municipalities, and barangays each get a separate allotment. ...

, a local share of Philippines government revenue

Music

Ira (Polish band) IRA is a Polish rock band formed in 1987 in Radom by Jakub Płucisz (guitar). They gained wide popularity in Poland in the early nineties, mainly after releasing the "Mój Dom" album, with the hit title song, which dates back to their garage and ...

, a Polish heavy metal band *

Ira! Ira! (Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese for ''Anger!'' or ''Rage (emotion), Rage!'', although the name was inspired by the Irish Republican Army) is a Brazilian rock band that was founded in São Paulo in the early 1980s. They were strongly infl ...

, a Brazilian rock band *

I.R.A. (band) I.R.A. is a Colombian hardcore punk band from Medellín, Antioquia Department, in Colombia. It was formed in 1985 by David Viola (at present, guitarist and vocalist of the band) and some of his friends who have already left the band. It is one o ...

, a Colombian punk band *One part of an Andean wind instrument, the siku

Organizations

Indian Rationalist Association The Indian Rationalist Association is a voluntary organisation in India whose 100,000 members Bedi, Rahul." ''The Irish Times.'' 2009-07-13. Retrieved 15 August 2009 promote scientific skepticism and critique supernatural claims. It publishes b ...

Indian Rights Association The Indian Rights Association (IRA) was a social activist group dedicated to the well-being and acculturation of Native Americans in the United States. Founded by non-Indians in Philadelphia in 1882, the group was highly influential in American Ind ...

, US, for Native Americans * Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA), a Mauritania anti-slavery group * Instituto Riva-Agüero, in Peru *

Insurance Regulatory Authority (Kenya) The Insurance Regulatory Authority of Kenya (IRA) is the sole authority charged with regulation and supervision of the Insurance, insurance industry within the Kenya, Republic of Kenya, as guided by Section 3 of Kenya's Insurance Act, which estab ...

, the authority charged with regulation and supervision of Kenya's insurance industry *

Intercollegiate Rowing Association The Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) governs College rowing (United States), intercollegiate rowing between Varsity team, varsity men's heavyweight, men's lightweight, and women's lightweight rowing programs across the United States, whil ...

, US *

Interim Regional Administration of Tigray The Interim Regional Administration (IRA) of Tigray Region (; ) is an interim regional administration announced by the Office of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia on 23 March 2023. This appointment was based on Article 10(1) of the Permanent Ces ...

(IRA), Tigray Region, Ethiopia *

International Reading Association The International Literacy Association (ILA), formerly the International Reading Association (IRA), is an international global advocacy and member professional organization that was created in 1956 to improve reading instruction, facilitate dial ...

, now the International Literacy Association *

Internet Research Agency The Internet Research Agency (IRA; ; 2013-2023), also known as ''Glavset'' (, ), and known in Russian Internet slang as the Trolls from Olgino () or Kremlinbots (), was a Russian company which was engaged in online propaganda and influence ...

or "The Trolls of Olgino", a Russian state-sponsored troll group *

Inverness Royal Academy Inverness Royal Academy is a comprehensive secondary school in the city of Inverness in the Highland area of Scotland. A former grammar school with a history dating back to the 13th century, the academy became a comprehensive in the mid-1970s ...

, a secondary school in Inverness, Scotland. * ICAO designator for

Iran Air Iran Air, officially known as The Airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran (), or before known as The National Airline of Iran (), is the flag carrier of Iran, which is headquartered at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran. As of 2024, it operates sched ...

, an Iranian airline *

Irish Republican Army The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various Resistance movement, resistance organisations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Organisations by this name have been dominantly Catholic and dedicated to anti-imperiali ...

, which has existed in various forms since 1917: **

Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) The Irish Republican Army (IRA; ) was an Irish republicanism, Irish republican revolutionary paramilitary organisation who waged a Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla campaign against the British occupation of Ireland in the 1919–1921 Irish War of In ...

Irish Republican Army (1922–1969) The Irish Republican Army (IRA) of 1922–1969 was a sub-group of the original pre-1922 Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), Irish Republican Army, characterised as the Anti-Treaty IRA for its opposition to the Anglo-Irish Treaty. It existed in ...

Official Irish Republican Army The Official Irish Republican Army or Official IRA (OIRA; ) was an Irish republican paramilitary group whose goal was to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and create a " workers' republic" encompassing all of Ireland. It emerge ...

(1969–1972) **

Provisional Irish Republican Army The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA; ) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland ...

(1969–2005) **

Continuity Irish Republican Army The Continuity Irish Republican Army (Continuity IRA or CIRA), styling itself as the Irish Republican Army (), is an Irish republican paramilitary group that aims to bring about a united Ireland. It claims to be a direct continuation of the o ...

(1986/1994–present) **

Real Irish Republican Army The Real Irish Republican Army, or Real IRA (RIRA), was a dissident Irish republican paramilitary group that aimed to bring about a United Ireland. It was formed in 1997 following a split in the Provisional IRA by dissident members, who rejec ...

(1997–2012) **

New IRA New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 ** "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995 * "New" (Daya song), 2017 * "New" (No Doubt song), 1 ...

(2012–present) *

Islamabad Rugby Association The Pakistan Rugby Union (PRU) is the rugby union governing body in Pakistan. It is in charge of the Pakistan national team. Also among the Union's chief activities are conferences, organising international matches, and educating and training pla ...

Íslenskir Radíóamatörar The Íslenskir Radíóamatörar, ÍRA, in English, Icelandic Radio Amateurs is a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Iceland. Key membership benefits of the IRA include the sponsorship of amateur radio operating aw ...

, ÍRA, an amateur radio organization in Iceland

Places

United States

Ira, Iowa Ira () is an unincorporated community located in Independence Township, Jasper County, Iowa, United States. The population in 2010 was 29 people. History Ira was platted in 1883. It was originally called Millard. Ira's population was 20 in 188 ...

* Ira Township, Michigan * Ira, Missouri * Ira, New York * Ira, Texas *

Hopewell, Red River County, Texas Hopewell (also, Ira and Mulberry) is a former unincorporated community in Red River County, Texas, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in Nor ...

, formerly Ira * Ira, Vermont

Elsewhere

Ire (Iliad) Ira (), or Ire (Ἱρὴ), was a town of ancient Messenia, mentioned by Homer in the ''Iliad'', as one of the seven towns which Agamemnon offered to Achilles. It is identified with either the later Abia on the Messenian Gulf The Messenian Gulf ( ...

or Ira, a town mentioned in the Iliad * Ira (Lesbos), a town of ancient Lesbos, Greece * Eira (Messenia), or Ira, an ancient town of Messenia, Greece *

Eira, Messenia Eira () is a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the nor ...

or Ira, a municipality in northern Messenia, Greece * Ira, Mazandaran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran *

Ira, Syria ′Ira (; also spelled ''Areh'', ''′Ara'' or ''Ora'') is a village in southeastern Syria, administratively part of the as-Suwayda District of the as-Suwayda Governorate, located south of as-Suwayda. In the 2004 census, it had a population of 6,13 ...

, a village in as-Suwayda Governorate, Syria * Ira, Tehran, a village in Tehran Province, Iran *

Lielirbe Lielirbe ( Livonian: ''Īra'') is a populated place in Tārgale Parish, Ventspils Municipality, Latvia. It is one of the twelve Livonian villages on ''Līvõd rānda'' - the Livonian Coast. The name from Latvian translates to 'Great Irbe (Rive ...

or Īra, Latvia * Ira, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia *

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was a presidential republic in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2021. The state was established to replace the Afghan Afghan Interim Administration, interim (2001–2002) and Transitional Islamic State of Afghanist ...

, an official name of Afghanistan in exile

Other uses

*''Ira'', Latin for wrath, one of the

seven deadly sins The seven deadly sins (also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins) function as a grouping of major vices within the teachings of Christianity. In the standard list, the seven deadly sins according to the Catholic Church are pride, greed ...

* ''Ira'' (film), a 2018 Indian (Malayalam) film *

Ira (mythology) In Polynesian mythology, Ira (also known as Hera) is the sky goddess and mother of the star A star is a luminous spheroid of plasma (physics), plasma held together by Self-gravitation, self-gravity. The List of nearest stars and brown dwar ...

, a goddess in Polynesian mythology * ''Ira'' (moth), a moth genus *

Irina Irina or Iryna (Cyrillic: Ирина, Ірина) is a feminine given name of Ancient Greek origin, commonly borne by followers of the Eastern Orthodox Church The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and a ...

or Ira, a given name * Inherited runs allowed, a baseball statistic *

International Reference Alphabet International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The T ...

, a character encoding *Ileorectal

Anastomosis An anastomosis (, : anastomoses) is a connection or opening between two things (especially cavities or passages) that are normally diverging or branching, such as between blood vessels, leaf veins, or streams. Such a connection may be normal (su ...

, surgery to join the ileum with the rectum {{Disambiguation, geo