Tara
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tæˈɹɑː/ · Part of speech interjection
Quick meaning: Tara is an interjection meaning (UK, Ireland, Northern England, Midlands, Wales or informal) Goodbye.
Meaning
(UK, Ireland, Northern England, Midlands, Wales or informal) Goodbye.
More Meanings
- (New Zealand, rare) The tern.
- (India) A small silver coin current in South India at the time of the arrival of the Portuguese.
- A plant native to Peru, the spiny holdback, Tara spinosa
Example Sentences
The only silver coin of this empire reported so far is a Tara of the time of Pratāpa devaraya.
The pods of the tara plant are used to make tara gum and tara flour. The latter has been found to be an unapproved food additive.
Most numerous and widespread of the terns of Aotearoa are the tara, or white-fronted terns. Another species, also named tara , is the smaller black-fronted tern.[…]
2004: Metro in This is London (website of London Evening Standard), Jolie says ta-ra to Lara - Pssst...Actress Angelina Jolie's days as Tomb Raider action hero Lara Croft are over.
Word Forms
- ta-ra
- taras
- tar
- tare
- tarr
Synonyms for tara
Depending on context, synonyms include bye, ta ta.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include earth, overhead, tare, defective, hate, crazy.
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