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Rattanakosin Kingdom
The Rattanakosin Kingdom (อาณาจักรรัตนโกสินทร์) was the Siamese kingdom founded in 1782 when King Rama I moved the capital to Bangkok, ending absolute Chakri rule in 1932.
Rattanakosin Kingdom (อาณาจักรรัตนโกสินทร์) (1782–1932)
Rattanakosin Kingdom (อาณาจักรรัตนโกสินทร์), 1782–1932, the Bangkok era of Siam under the Chakri dynasty, founded by Rama I; marked by the Nine Armies War, the 1855 Bowring-era trade treaty, reforms under Mongkut and Chulalongkorn, and the 1932 end of absolute monarchy.
Rattanakosin style
Rattanakosin style, sometimes called the Bangkok style, is the Thai art and architecture of the Rattanakosin period from 1782, including the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew.
Rattanbai Jinnah
Rattanbai Jinnah, also called Ruttie (Rattanbai Petit), 1900–1929, was the Parsi-born second wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan; she converted to Islam, married him in 1918 aged 18, bore daughter Dina, separated in 1928, and died on her 29th birthday.
RattanIndia Power
RattanIndia Power Limited is a listed Indian thermal power generator promoted by Rajiv Rattan after the 2014 Indiabulls split, operating the 1,350 MW Amravati coal plant in Maharashtra.
Ratter (dog)
Ratter (dog): a dog bred to catch and kill rats; nearly 40 breeds serve the role, mostly terriers, feists, pinschers, and schnauzers, including the Rat Terrier, Prague Ratter, and Spain's five ratonero breeds, with modern Barn Hunt and Happy Ratters sports.
Ratthasāra
Ratthasāra (ရတနသာရ), also styled Shin Mahāratthasāra, was a Burmese monk-poet of the Ava period known for turning Jātaka stories into Burmese pyo verse, above all the Kogan pyo.
Rattle and Hum
Rattle and Hum is U2's sixth album and companion documentary, released October 10, 1988, produced by Jimmy Iovine, mixing Joshua Tree tour live tracks with Sun Studios recordings; Desire became their first UK number one.
Rattle snake
Rattle Snake (Grzechotnik) is a 2007 magnetic dexterity board game by Roberto Di Meglio, Nexus Editrice, for 2-4 players; distinct from Rare's NES game Snake Rattle 'n' Roll and Osprey's 2026 card game Rattlesnake.
Rattle That Lock
Rattle That Lock is David Gilmour's fourth solo studio album, released 18 September 2015 on Columbia Records: 10 tracks, 51 minutes, produced with Phil Manzanera, lyrics mostly by Polly Samson, title track inspired by Milton's Paradise Lost Book 2 and a French train-station chime.
Rattleback
The rattleback, also known as the wobblestone or Celtic stone, is a boat-shaped top that spins one way but rocks and reverses when spun the other way.
Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake, any of about 42 venomous pit viper species in genera Crotalus and Sistrurus, from southern Canada to Argentina; keratin tail rattle, heat pits, live birth, Miocene-Pliocene radiation from western Mexican highlands.
Rattlesnake (2019 film)
Rattlesnake (2019) is a Netflix psychological horror film written and directed by Zak Hilditch, starring Carmen Ejogo as a mother who must kill a stranger by sundown to repay a supernatural debt after her daughter's snakebite is miraculously healed.
Rattlesnakes (novella)
Rattlesnakes is a 2024 horror novella by Stephen King, a sequel to Cujo, published in You Like It Darker. Widower Vic Trenton, 72, inherits a Florida Key haunted by ghost twins and a pram.
Rattus
Rattus is a genus of murid rodents established by Fischer in 1803 that contains the brown rat and black rat, known for crop damage, disease transmission, and laboratory research.
Ratu Epeli Ganilau
Ratu Epeli Ganilau (1951–2023) was a Fijian military officer and politician, Commander of the Fiji Military Forces from 1991 to 1999 and later chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs.
Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu
Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu is a Fijian politician and the 7th President of Fiji, elected by Parliament after serving as Speaker. He is the high chief of the Cakaudrove confederacy, holding the title of Tui Cakau.
Ratu Ratu Queens: The Series
Ratu Ratu Queens: The Series is a 2025 six-episode Netflix Indonesian drama, a prequel to the 2021 film Ali & Ratu Ratu Queens, following Party, Ance, Chinta, and Biyah as Indonesian immigrants in Queens, New York, in 2013.
Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna
Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna, born Josefa Lalabalavu Vanayaliyali Sukuna (1888–1958), was a Fijian chief, lawyer, and statesman who created the Native Land Trust Board and shaped indigenous Fijian administration.
Raub
Raub is a trick-taking card game for 2-4 players, best with 4, played by Croatians in the United States with a 32-card German-suited pack; players score from 21 down to zero, with Raub, Shtih, and Muss contracts.
Rauber und gendarm
Rauber und gendarm (Räuber und Gendarm), German robbers-and-gendarmes chase game: two teams, tagged robbers go to a marked prison and can be freed by teammates; also several board games of that name.
Rauch-Steindl syndrome
Rauch-Steindl syndrome, abbreviated RAUST, is an extremely rare autosomal dominant neurodevelopmental disorder caused by variants or deletions of the NSD2 gene, causing poor growth, distinct facial features, and developmental delay.
Raudos
Raudos are Lithuanian ritual laments, a genre of sung folklore in which women express grief at funerals, weddings, illness, and hard fate, each performance improvised.
Raufoss
Raufoss (Raufoss IL Fotball, founded 1918) is a Norwegian football club from the industrial town of Raufoss, Vestre Toten. Former top-division works team, yellow-black, plays in the OBOS-ligaen at Nammo Stadion; severe financial problems since 2024.
Raufoss Mk 211
Raufoss Mk 211, Norwegian designation NM140 MP, is a multipurpose .50 BMG cartridge developed in Norway, combining armor-piercing, high-explosive, and incendiary effects in one projectile against material targets.
Raúl (footballer)
Raúl González Blanco (born 1977, Madrid), Spanish forward and coach; Real Madrid record holder with 741 games and 323 goals, three Champions League titles, 102 Spain caps; later Schalke, Al-Sadd, New York Cosmos.
Raúl Albiol
Raúl Albiol Tortajada (born 1985, Vilamarxant) is a Spanish centre-back who played for Valencia, Real Madrid, Napoli, Villarreal, and Pisa, winning the 2010 World Cup, Euro 2008 and 2012, and captaining Villarreal to the 2021 Europa League.
Raul Andino
Raul Andino, also known as Raul Andino-Pavlovsky, is an Argentine-American virologist and professor at UC San Francisco, known for co-developing the novel oral poliovirus vaccines and studying RNA virus evolution.
Raúl Asencio (footballer, born 2003)
Raúl Asencio del Rosario (born 2003, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) is a Spanish centre back for Real Madrid, promoted from Castilla in November 2024, a 2025 Club World Cup winner, Spain call-up March 2025, acquitted in the 2023 video case in September 2026.
Raul Bolanos Cacho Cue
Raúl Bolaños Cacho Cué is a Mexican politician of the Ecologist Green Party, a former senator elected in 2018 who became President of the Chamber of Deputies in 2026.