Chara

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.; A surname from Spanish Chará. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A surname.; A surname from Slovak Chára or Czech Chára. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A river in Yakutia, Russia; Russian Ча́ра (Čára) countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Ellipsis of Chara language, a language found in Ethiopia (ISO 639-3: cra). abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  5. 5
    Ellipsis of Chara people, an ethnic group found in Ethiopia. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A green alga of the genus Chara.
  2. 2
    Shortened form of charabanc

    "The workers didn't get paid for any holidays, so a day out in a 'chara' was all they got."

Etymology

From translingual/New Latin Chara.

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