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agra

UK/əˈɡɹɑː/

agra noun: dear, darling (as a term of endearment).

Noun

agra (uncountable)

  1. (Ireland) Dear, darling (as a term of endearment).
    • Kathleen, agra, […] bring me a glass of sperrits, will you?1847, Anthony Trollope, The Macdermots of Ballycloran
    • But their mother sent our one notes. Give that to your mam a ghrá.2013, Eimear McBride, A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, Faber & Faber, published 2014, page 21

Proper noun capitalized: Agra

Agra

  1. A large city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.

agra meaning in Tamil

agra in Tamil

கடும்வலி, தாக்கம்

Forms of agra

alternative forma ghrá
alternative formagrah

Origin of agra

From Irish a (vocative particle) + lenited form of grá (“love”).

Borrowed from Hindustani आगरा (āgrā) / آگرا (āgrā), ultimately from Sanskrit अग्रेवण (agrevaṇa, “forest border”), from अग्र (agra, “border, in front of”) + वन (vana, “forest”).

Phrases with agra

Questions about agra

What does agra mean?
Agra means dear, darling (as a term of endearment).
What is agra in Tamil?
Agra in Tamil is கடும்வலி, தாக்கம். See Agra meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is agra?
Agra can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce agra?
Agra is pronounced /əˈɡɹɑː/ (UK).

Words near agra in the dictionary

  1. Agpalali
  2. AGPs
  3. AGR
  4. agr-
  5. agr.
  6. agra
  7. Agra Division
  8. Agrabad
  9. agrace
  10. agraced
  11. agracing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: agra (page history and authors); Agra (page history and authors); agra (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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