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6-letter words that end in ra

  • gezira — a region in central Sudan, S of Khartoum, between the Blue Nile and the White Nile: a former province.
  • gopura — A monumental tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a temple, especially in Southern India.
  • guaira — a seaport in N Venezuela: the port of Caracas.
  • harira — a Moroccan soup made from a variety of vegetables with lentils, chickpeas, and coriander
  • hazara — an Iranian ethnolinguistic group in central Afghanistan, N Pakistan, and Iran, most of whom are Shiʿite Muslims.
  • hedera — (gardening) Any Old World ivy of the genus Hedera.
  • hegira — Islam. Hijra.
  • hejira — Hegira (def 2).
  • hendra — a virus that affects humans and horses, causing a fatal, influenza-like illness
  • honora — a female given name.
  • injera — A white leavened Ethiopian bread made from teff flour, similar to a crepe.
  • japura — a river flowing E from the Andes in SW Colombia through NW Brazil to the Amazon. 1750 miles (2820 km) long.
  • jawara — Sir Dawda (ˈdɔːdə). born 1924, Gambian statesman; president of The Gambia (1970–94); overthrown in a military coup
  • kagera — a river in equatorial Africa flowing into Lake Victoria from the west: the most remote headstream of the Nile. 430 miles (690 km) long.
  • kamora — The diacritic {{l|mul|sc=Cyrs|\u0484| \u0484}}, used in the Old Cyrillic alphabet to represent palatalisation of certain consonants.
  • kanara — a region in SW India, on the Deccan Plateau. About 60,000 sq. mi. (155,400 sq. km).
  • kimura — (combat sports) An armlock where the implementer isolates the opponent's arm and torques the shoulder in order to cause pain or injury.
  • kinara — A candle holder used in Kwanzaa celebrations.
  • kokura — a seaport on N Kyushu, in S Japan: formed in 1963 by the merger of five cities (Kokura, Moji, Tobata, Wakamatsu, and Yawata)
  • komura — Marquis Jutaro [joo-tah-raw] /ˈdʒu tɑˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1855–1911, Japanese statesman and diplomat.
  • kontra — Synonym of bugarija.
  • kumara — (New Zealand) A sweet potato.
  • labara — an ecclesiastical standard or banner, as for carrying in procession.
  • libera — an ancient Italian goddess of wine, vineyards, and fertility and the wife of Liber, in later times identified with Persephone.
  • lustra — Also, luster; especially British, lustre. a period of five years.
  • madera — a city in central California.
  • madura — Dutch Madoera [mah-doo-rah] /mɑˈdu rɑ/ (Show IPA). an island in Indonesia, off the NE coast of Java. 2112 sq. mi. (5470 sq. km).
  • mantra — Hinduism. a word or formula, as from the Veda, chanted or sung as an incantation or prayer.
  • masora — a collection of critical and explanatory notes on the Hebrew text of the Old Testament, compiled from the 7th? to 10th centuries a.d. and traditionally accepted as an authoritative exegetic guide, chiefly in matters of pronunciation and grammar.
  • matura — Final exams young adults (aged 18 or 19) take at the end of their secondary education in certain European countries.
  • megara — a city in ancient Greece: the chief city of Megaris.
  • menora — Alternative spelling of menorah.
  • monera — a taxonomic kingdom of prokaryotic organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and have a nutritional mode of absorption, photosynthesis, or chemosynthesis, comprising the bacteria, blue-green algae, and various primitive pathogens.
  • mtwara — a seaport in SE Tanzania.
  • muttra — former name of Mathura.
  • natura — nature
  • neutra — a city in W Slovakia, on the Nitra River: historic religious sites.
  • nomura — Kichisaburo [kee-chee-sah-boo-raw] /ˈki tʃiˈsɑ buˈrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1877–1964, Japanese diplomat.
  • nostra — Plural form of nostrum.
  • novara — a city in NE Piedmont, in NW Italy.
  • o'haraFrank, 1926–66, U.S. poet.
  • osetra — a type of caviar deriving from the osetra sturgeon
  • pakora — an Indian dish consisting of pieces of vegetable, chicken, etc, dipped in a spiced batter and deep-fried: served with a piquant sauce
  • parera — a New Zealand duck, Anas superciliosa, with grey-edged brown feathers
  • patera — a shallow ancient Roman bowl used in rituals
  • petara — (in India) a basket for clothes
  • picara — a woman who is a rogue or vagabond.
  • pleura — Anatomy, Zoology. a delicate serous membrane investing each lung in mammals and folded back as a lining of the corresponding side of the thorax.
  • popera — music drawing on opera or classical music and aiming for popular appeal
  • quadra — a small molding, as a fillet.
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