"Ara" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈeɪ.ɹə/, /ˈɛɹ.ə/
Etymology: From Latin āra (“altar”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂eHs-}}, {{der|en|la|āra||altar}} Latin āra (“altar”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ara
  1. (astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an altar. Categories (topical): Constellations Derived forms: Arae, Arid Translations (constellation): Θυμιατήριον (Thumiatḗrion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), Βωμίσκος (Bōmískos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), Altar [masculine] (Catalan), 天壇座 (Chinese Mandarin), 天坛座 (Tiāntánzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), Altaar [neuter] (Dutch), Altar (Estonian), Alttari (Finnish), Autel (French), Altar (German), Oltár (Hungarian), an Altóir [feminine] (Irish), 祭壇座 (saidanza) (Japanese), 제단자리 (jedanjari) (Korean), Ara [feminine] (Latin), Mazbah (Malay), Alteret (Norwegian), Altaret [Nynorsk] (Norwegian), Ołtarz [masculine] (Polish), Altar [masculine] (Portuguese), Altar (Romanian), Же́ртвенник (Žértvennik) [masculine] (Russian), Ara (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Ara-en-name-kvggwQzj Categories (other): Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: From Armenian Արա (Ara). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hy|Արա}} Armenian Արա (Ara) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ara
  1. A male given name from Armenian Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Ara-en-name-6UKC7MKi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 59 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

Forms: Aras [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Ara (plural Aras)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Ara-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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