rada

rada · noun¹

1. Middle High German · derived fromrât
2. Polish · borrowed fromrada
3. English todayrada

Borrowed from Polish rada, from Middle High German rât. Compare German Rat, Icelandic ráð and Dutch raad. Doublet of rede.

Rada · proper noun²

After the personal name (Rada Dany) of a prominent local family.

Rada · proper noun³

1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*radъ
2. English todayRada

Feminine form of dialectal Bulgarian and Ukrainian рад (rad, “glad, thankful”), from Proto-Slavic *radъ.

Rada · noun⁴

Apparently a local form of Arada (now Allada), a city in ancient Dahomey.

Rada · proper noun⁵

Alternative forms.