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Kara

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A female given name.

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    A female given name.

Etymology

Variant of Cara.

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    A surname from Hindi.

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    A Papua New Guinean language.

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    The language presumed to have been spoken by the Gaya confederacy in southern Korea, thought by some scholars to be attested from thirteen placenames.

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 加耶, from Middle Chinese 伽倻. The Middle Chinese pronunciation is thought to have been closer to /kaja/, but /kaɾa/ (Kara) is thought to have been the oldest pronunciation.

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    An Omotic language, also sometimes called Karo.

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    The twenty-fifth year of the 60 year cycle of the Tamil calendar.

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil கர (kara).

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