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ara

/ˈeɪ.ɹə/

ara noun: the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna).

Noun (1)

ara (plural aras)

  1. The great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna).

Noun (2)

IPA/ˈɛɹ.ə/

ara

  1. 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.

Noun (3)

IPA/ˈɑɹə/

ara (countable and uncountable, plural aras)

  1. 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...1884, Johannes Justus Rein, Japan: Travels and Researches Undertaken at the Cost of the Prussian Government, page 192

Proper noun (1) capitalized: ARA

ARA

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Australian Retailers Association.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Automotive Recyclers Association.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Australasian Railway Association.
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Aracruz Cellulose S.A..
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Applied Research Associates.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Anti-Racist Action.
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Awards and Recognition Association.

Noun (4) capitalized: ARA

ARA

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of associate of the Royal Academy.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of animal rights activist.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: ARA

ARA

  1. the Argentine Navy (Armada de la República Argentina)

Adjective capitalized: ARA

ARA (not comparable)

  1. (initialism) ship's prefix for warships of the Argentinian navy.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Ara

Ara

  1. A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an altar.
  2. A barangay of Benito Soliven, Isabela, Philippines.

Proper noun (4) capitalized: Ara

Ara

  1. A male given name from Armenian.

Proper noun (5) capitalized: Ara

Ara (plural Aras)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (6) capitalized: Ara

Ara

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Aari

ara meaning in Bengali, Telugu and Kannada

ara in Bengali

আরা

ara in Telugu

అరా

ara in Kannada

ಆರಾ, ಅರಾ

Synonyms of ara

Forms of ara

Noun
pluralaras
alternative formarag
alternative formarra
Proper noun
pluralAras

Origin of ara

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Ara.

Borrowing from Dzongkha ཨ་རག་ (a rag), ultimately from Arabic عرق (ʕaraq). Doublet of arak.

From Japanese あら (ara).

Words formed from ara

Questions about ara

What does ara mean?
Ara means the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna).
What is ara in Bengali?
Ara in Bengali is আরা. See Ara meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is ara?
Ara can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce ara?
Ara is pronounced /ˈeɪ.ɹə/.
What is the plural of ara?
The plural of ara is aras.

Words near ara in the dictionary

  1. AR-15s
  2. Ar-arusip
  3. ar-Raqqa
  4. Ar-Raqqah
  5. ar.
  6. ara
  7. ara-C
  8. araara
  9. arab
  10. Arab Emirates
  11. Arab fever

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ara (page history and authors); ARA (page history and authors); Ara (page history and authors); ara (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ara (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ara (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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