Naras

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A spiny shrub, Acanthosicyos horridus, growing in Namibia and the Kalahari Desert, or the melon-like fruit that it produces. South-Africa

    "The Bay people catch and eat fish after the ‘naras is out of season, and the carcases of whales killed by the crews of whaling ships, afford them savoury repasts […]."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism

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national archives and records administrationnational archives and records administration

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"The Bay people catch and eat fish after the ‘naras is out of season, and the carcases of whales killed by the crews of whaling ships, afford them savoury repasts […]."

Etymology

From Khoekhoe !naras (“naras fruit”), !narab (“naras plant”).

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kalahari desert

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