Initialism of Royal Yachting Association, the governing body for all forms of boating in the United Kingdom

A Scandinavian knotted-pile woollen rug, used as bed-cover and tapestry.

plural of rya

plural of ryanodine

(biochemistry, physiology) A poisonous alkaloid which occurs in the stems of the tropical American shrub Ryania speciosa (family Flacourtiaceae) and has been used as an insecticide and in experimental studies of calcium release within cells.

An oblast of Russia. / A city, the administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia, 196 kilometres south of Moscow.

plural of ryal

Alternative form of rial

A female given name, a less common spelling of Ryan.

A surname from Irish, anglicized from Ó Riaghain, Ó Riain (“descendant of Riaghan, Rían”). Riaghan/Rían is perhaps from rí (“king”) + -án (diminutive suffix), meaning “little king”.