No. 323 in Italian
rai
"Rai" in Italian refers to the Italian public broadcasting company, Radiotelevisione Italiana.
In a sentence
Le rai del sole illuminarono il paesaggio.
The sun's rays illuminated the landscape.
'Rai' refers to rays or beams of light, a poetic or literary usage.
Rai è l'acronimo per Radiotelevisione Italiana.
RAI is the acronym for Radiotelevisione Italiana.
'Rai' as a proper noun, denotes the Italian national broadcasting company.
Gli antichi credevano che le rai dei cervi avessero significati mistici.
The ancients believed that the rays of deer had mystical meanings.
'Rai' here refers to the antlers or branching parts of a deer's horns, an archaic or lesser-known usage in Italian.
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