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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 IRA /ˌaɪ(ˌ)ɑrˈe; ˈaɪrə/

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 IRA
      n 1: a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used
           terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive
           British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a
           united independent Ireland [syn: Irish Republican Army,
            Provisional Irish Republican Army, Provisional IRA,
            Provos]
      2: 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]
      3: belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong
         (personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: wrath, anger,
          ire]

From: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

 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)

 Ira, watchman; making bare; pouring out