OriginFrom translingual/New Latin Chara.
- A green alga of the genus Chara.
- Shortened form of charabanc
“The workers didn't get paid for any holidays, so a day out in a 'chara' was all they got.”
- countable, uncountableA surname from Spanish Chará.
- countable, uncountableA surname from Slovak Chára or Czech Chára.
- countable, uncountableA river in Yakutia, Russia; Russian Ча́ра (Čára)
- abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountableEllipsis of Chara language, a language found in Ethiopia (ISO 639-3: cra).
- abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountableEllipsis of Chara people, an ethnic group found in Ethiopia.
Formscharas(plural) · Charas(plural)
Source: Wiktionary