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aera

aera is the archaic spelling of era.

Meaning of era

Noun

era (plural eras)

  1. A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
    • Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
  2. A geochronologic unit of tens to hundreds of millions of years; a subdivision of an eon, and subdivided into periods.
  3. (informal) An indefinite period of time in one’s life characterized by a particular interest.

Forms of aera

pluralaeras

Questions about aera

What is aera the archaic spelling of?
Aera is the archaic spelling of era.

Words near aera in the dictionary

  1. aequoreans
  2. aequorin
  3. aequorins
  4. AER
  5. aer-
  6. aera
  7. aeradio
  8. aeradios
  9. aeraria
  10. aerarian
  11. aerarians

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