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DRA

DRA is the initialism of Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

DRA is the initialism of debris response area.

Meaning of Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

Proper noun

the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

  1. (historical) Former official name of Afghanistan: a landlocked country between Central Asia and South Asia; used from 1978 to 1987 when it was a one party Marxist-Leninist state; officially known as the Republic of Afghanistan from 1987 to 1992, but under the same government.
    Synonyms:
    Afghan Democratic Republic, DRA, Republic of Afghanistan, Soviet Afghanistan

Meaning of debris response area

Noun

debris response area (plural debris response areas)

  1. (space flight) A hazard zone that is declared to bar flights into the region, and keep aircraft away from flying into debris falling out of space, such as from a rocket accident or reentry event.
    Synonyms:
    DRA

Proper noun capitalized: Dra

Dra

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Draa.

Forms of DRA

pluralDRAs

Questions about DRA

What is DRA the initialism of?
DRA is the initialism of Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
What part of speech is DRA?
DRA is a proper noun.

Words near DRA in the dictionary

  1. Dr. Watson-ish
  2. Dr. Watsonish
  3. dr. wt.
  4. Dr.DES.
  5. Dr.Sc.
  6. DRA
  7. Draa
  8. draadsitter
  9. draadsitters
  10. DRaaS
  11. draatsi

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: DRA (page history and authors); Dra (page history and authors); Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (page history and authors); debris response area (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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