naras

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naras^¹

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From Khoekhoe !naras (“naras fruit”), !narab (“naras plant”).

noun nara · 'naras · narra

South Africa A spiny shrub, Acanthosicyos horridus, growing in Namibia and the Kalahari Desert, or the melon-like fruit that it produces. The Bay people catch and eat fish after the ‘naras is out of season, and the carcases of whales killed by the crews of whaling ships, afford them savoury repasts […].

NARAS^²

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abbreviation, historical, initialism Initialism of National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

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@misc{naras_2026,
  title = {naras},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/naras},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}