Ara

¹

[ ey-ruh, air-uh ]

noun

, Astronomy.

, genitive A·rae [ey, -ree, air, -ee].

1. the Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius.

ARA

²

1. Agricultural Research Administration.

A.R.A.

³

abbreviation for

1. American Railway Association.
2. Associate of the Royal Academy.

ARA

¹

abbreviation for

1. Associate of the Royal Academy

Ara

²

/ ˈɑːrə /

noun

1. a constellation in the S hemisphere near Scorpius

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ara¹

From the Latin word āra altar

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ara¹

from Latin: altar

Example Sentences

The new government has made tackling NHS waiting times a key priority - and this week appointed NHS surgeon and former health minister Lord Ara Darzi to investigate what is going wrong.

From BBC

“You have to have the gift of acting, the gift of character, of improvising,” Ara, 57, said.

From Seattle Times

“It was too much for us, a big change. And it was just for, like, one week” of competition, Levy said, who’s also a member of the local environmental organization Vai Ara O Teahupo’o.

From Seattle Times

Hanger Clinic hadn’t worked with a giraffe before, but Ara Mirzaian, who works there, said he immediately began studying giraffes.

From NewsForKids.net

“Something catastrophic is imminent,” Ara Mihranian, a city planner, told The Times in March.

From Los Angeles Times