rada

noun2

1. •
   A parliamentary body in a number of Slavic countries.
2. •
   A soviet, a form of governing council in the former Soviet Union.

noun1

1. •
   In Haitian voodoo, a class of loa of Dahomeyan origin, chiefly associated with warmth and benevolence.

   • The majority of the deities are Dahomean and the rites of these are called Rada, from the town Allada. — 1953