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Ara

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Ara or Arrah , city (1991 pop. 157,082), Bihar state, NE India, on the Son Canal. A major road and rail junction, it is the administrative center for a district that produces grain, sugarcane, and oilseed. There are limestone deposits on the outskirts. Ara was the scene of fighting during the Indian Mutiny (1857), when the British were attacked by Kunwar Singh.

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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

ara (pl. arae). Roman altar. It could be a large, public, commemorative structure, like the sumptuous Ara Pacis (erected by Emperor Augustus to mark the establishment of Imperial power and the coming of peace in 13 BC), or a small altar in a private house by which the protection of the deities was invoked.

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Ara

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | Copyright

Ara (abbr. Ara, gen. Arae) A small constellation of the southern sky, representing an altar. Its brightest stars are Alpha and Beta Arae, both magnitude 2.8. Ara contains the open cluster NGC 6193 and the globular cluster NGC 6397.

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Ara

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

Ara (macaws) See PSITTACIDAE.

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ARA

The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations | 1998 | | Copyright

ARA Aircraft Research Association
• American Railway Association
• Army Rifle Association
• Associate of the Royal Academy
• (New Zealand) Auckland Regional Authority

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "ARA." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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