Ara

Translingual

Ara chloropterus

Etymology

From Old Tupi ara (“morpheme for bird”)

Proper noun

Ara m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Psittacidae – certain macaws.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Psittaciformes - order; Psittacoidea - superfamily; Psittacidae - family; Psittacinae - subfamily; Arini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ara macao - type species; Ara ambiguus, Ara ararauna, (also Ara chloropterus), Ara glaucogularis, Ara militaris, Ara rubrogenys, Ara severus - other extant species

References

• Ara on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ara on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ara on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

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English

Ara as a constellation

Etymology

From Latin āra (“altar”).

Proper noun

Ara

1. (astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an altar.

Derived terms

• Arae

Translations

constellation

• Catalan: Altar (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天壇座／天坛座 (zh) (Tiāntánzuò)

• Dutch: Altaar n
• Estonian: Altar
• Finnish: Alttari
• French: Autel (fr)
• German: Altar (de)
• Hungarian: Oltár
• Irish: an Altóir f
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• Japanese: 祭壇座 (ja) (saidanza)
• Korean: 제단자리 (jedanjari)
• Malay: Mazbah
• Norwegian: Alteret (no), (Nynorsk) Altaret (no)
• Polish: Ołtarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Altar m
• Romanian: Altar (ro)
• Russian: Же́ртвенник m (Žértvennik)
• Spanish: Ara (es)

Anagrams

• AAR, Aar, RAA

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːʀa/

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Noun

Ara m (genitive Aras, plural Aras)

1. macaw

Further reading

• “Ara” in Duden online

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːra/
• Rhymes: -aːra
• Homophone: ara

Proper noun

Ara m

1. accusative of Ari

   Ég þekki Ara vel.

   I know Ari well.

2. dative of Ari

   Hvað ætti ég að gefa Ara í afmælisgjöf?

   What should I give Ari for his birthday?

3. genitive of Ari

   Ég held að ég fari til Ara.

   I think I’ll go to Ari.

Proper noun

Ara f

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Ara
f-w1	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Ara
accusative	Öru
dative	Öru
genitive	Öru

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Spanish

Proper noun

Ara ?

1. (astronomy) Ara (constellation)