Cara

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Cara

Where it comes from

20th-century English coinage from Italian cara (“dear”) or Irish cara (“friend”).

proper noun Kara

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage. 'Okay, Cara Burrows. Can I take a look in your bag?' 'My bag? Why?' This is getting a bit ridiculous. And he pronounced my name wrong: Carrah. Didn't even try to say it the way he heard me say it.
  2. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: dude, beloved, tsar, dearly, dear, smiley, costly, expensive, esteemed, face, kara, face-to-face, ahead, side, sided, cardi

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"Cara." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cara. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Cara. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cara

Chicago

"Cara." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cara.

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@misc{cara_2026,
  title = {Cara},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cara},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}