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vara

vara noun: a traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 83.7 cm.

Noun (1)

vara (plural varas)

  1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 83.7 cm.
    Synonyms:
    Spanish rod, Spanish ell, Spanish yard, rod, ell, yard
  2. (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of length, equivalent to about 1.1 m.
    Synonyms:
    Portuguese rod, Portuguese ell, Portuguese yard, rod, ell, yard
  3. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of area, equivalent to about 0.7 m².

Proper noun (1) capitalized: VARA

VARA

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of Visual Artists Rights Act.

Noun (2) capitalized: VARA

VARA

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of volume at risk approach.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Vara

Vara (plural Varas)

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Synonyms of vara

  • Spanish rod
  • Spanish ell
  • Spanish yard
  • rod
  • ell
  • yard
  • Portuguese rod
  • Portuguese ell
  • Portuguese yard

All synonyms of vara

Forms of vara

Noun
pluralvaras
Proper noun
pluralVaras

Origin of vara

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese vara (“rod”), from Latin vāra (“fork”).

Borrowed from Spanish Vara.

Questions about vara

What does vara mean?
Vara means a traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 83.7 cm.
What part of speech is vara?
Vara can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of vara?
The plural of vara is varas.

Words near vara in the dictionary

  1. vaquita
  2. vaquita marina
  3. vaquitas
  4. var
  5. var.
  6. vara
  7. varactor
  8. varactors
  9. Varadero
  10. Varades
  11. Varadkar

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: vara (page history and authors); VARA (page history and authors); Vara (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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