// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhy was "RY" sad? It was dry.

Ry is an abbreviation for railway and relay.

Ry, RY, or ry may also refer to:

People

First name

• Ry Bradley (born 1980), American singer and musician
• Ry Cooder (born 1947), American musician
• Ry Nikonova (1942–2014), Russian artist
• Ry Rocklen (born 1978), American artist
• Ry Russo-Young (born 1981), American filmmaker
• RY X (born 1988), Australian musician
• Ryland Rose, Australian rapper formerly known as Ry

Surname

• Paul du Ry (1640–1714), French architect
• Simon Louis du Ry (1726–1799), French architect and grandson of Paul du Ry
• Na Ry (born 1985), South Korean beauty queen
• Trần Thị Hoa Ry (born 1976), Vietnamese politician

Places

Denmark

• Ry, Denmark, town in Jutland
  • Ry train station
• Ry Municipality, former municipality in Jutland

France

• Auzouville-sur-Ry, commune in Normandy
• Grainville-sur-Ry, commune in Normandy
• Ry, Seine-Maritime, administrative division in Normandy

Science and technology

• Rydberg constant, unit of energy used in quantum physics related to the ground state energy of the hydrogen atom
• Consolidated RY, former cargo aircraft of the U.S. Navy
• RY Sagittarii, star in the constellation Sagittarius
• RY Tauri, star in the constellation Taurus
• RY (test signal), character string used to test five-level teleprinter channels

Business and finance

• Rekisteröity yhdistys ('ry' or 'ry.'), a Finnish non-profit organization (lit. 'registered association')
• Royal Bank of Canada (stock symbol RY on tsx2 and nyse2)

Other

• Operation RY, Japanese plan to invade South Pacific islands during World War II
• "Ry Tanindrazanay malala ô!", national anthem of Madagascar

See also

• RI (disambiguation)