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kra

name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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name

Meaning 1

A branch of the Kra-Dai language family spoken in southern China and northern Vietnam.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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name

Meaning 2

Initialism of Kenya Revenue Authority.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Kenya, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

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noun

Meaning 3

The letter Κʻ or ĸ, formerly used to write the Kalaallisut language of Greenland, replaced in 1973 by the letter q.

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noun

Meaning 4

A long-tailed macaque of India and Sumatra, reddish-olive in colour with black spots and tail.

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noun

Meaning 5

Initialism of key result area.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: management

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History

Etymology

Coined by Thai linguist Weera Ostapirat in 1999 from a reconstruction of a Proto-Kra endonym cognate with Thai ข้า (kâa, “slave”).

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: kra — Translations
  • Thai: ขร้า (krâa) — Translations