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tra¹

Where it comes from

From Vietnamese (cá) tra, from Khmer ប្រា (praa, “certain Pangasius species”).

noun tra

  1. Synonym of iridescent shark (“a shark catfish of species Pangasianodon hypophthalmus”).

    Similar: iridescent shark

tra²

Where it comes from

From tra-la-la.

interjection

  1. A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune.

TRA³

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Tanzania Revenue Authority

noun TRAs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of transracial adoption This narrow popular image of TRA as a white-black phenomenon is striking given that adoptions of black children by white parents account for only a small percentage of TRAs and an even smaller percentage of all U.S. domestic adoptions.
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of transracial adoptee We asked the TRAs a series of questions about their relationship to family members during adolescence, many of which focused on racial differences.
  3. UK, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of tenants and residents association One PFI scheme was developed in an area where formal representative structures (tenant and resident associations (TRAs), tenant liaison committees (TLCs) and community forum) had failed to adapt to the growing ethnic diversity of the area.
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of twins reared apart
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of trans rights activist Attempts to compel ordinary people to use the “preferred pronouns” of TRAs will backfire as this is coercion.
  6. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of tax receivable agreement

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: la, tea, cha, emr, mre, mrt, iron, rail, ira, cms, amongst, opr, tras, swai, iridescent shark, basa

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Chicago

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@misc{tra_2026,
  title = {tra},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tra},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}