ARA
adjEtymology Borrowed from Spanish ARA.
ara
nounalso spelled ARA/ˈeɪ.ɹə/
Etymology Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Ara.
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The great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna).
ara
noun/ˈɛɹ.ə/
Etymology Borrowing from Dzongkha ཨ་རག་ (a rag), ultimately from Arabic عرق (ʕaraq). Doublet of arak.
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A traditional alcoholic beverage consumed in Bhutan, made from rice, maize, millet, or wheat, either fermented or distilled. The beverage is usually a clear, creamy, or white color.
ara
noun/ˈɑɹə/
Etymology From Japanese あら (ara).
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A saw-edged perch (Niphon spinosus).
- Among the species which are met with on every coast, and during the whole year, are especially [...] the Ara (Niphon Spinosus Schl.), which frequents the coast of Yezo in particular, as is indicated by its other name , Matsumaye-ara. The many-membered genus of the saw-perches (Serranus) which inhabits all tropical and subtropical seas,[…]1884, Johannes Justus Rein, Japan: Travels and Researches Undertaken at the Cost of the Prussian Government, page 192:
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