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  1. kara(Noun)

    The bangle worn by Sikhs, to remind the wearer to do God's work, and one of the five Ks.

  2. Kara(ProperNoun)

    The Papua New Guinean language which has the ISO code 'leu', formerly called Lemakot.

  3. Kara(ProperNoun)

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

  4. Kara(ProperNoun)

    The Omotic language which has the ISO code 'kxh' and which is also sometimes called "Karo".

  5. Origin: Variant of Cara.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Kara

    a gold-mining district in East Siberia, 300 m. from Chita, of which the mines are the private property of the Czar, and are worked by convicts, who are often disgracefully treated, many of them merely political offenders.


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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

penalty(noun)

a punishment for doing wrong, breaking a contract etc

They did wrong and they will have to pay the penalty; The death penalty has been abolished in this country.

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