Kara

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A female given name.
• A Papua New Guinean language (ISO code 'leu'), formerly called Lemakot.
• The language presumed to have been spoken by the Gaya confederacy in southern Korea, thought by some scholars to be attested from thirteen placenames.
• An Omotic language (ISO code 'kxh'), also sometimes called Karo.
• The twenty-fifth year of the 60 year cycle of the Tamil calendar.

Origin

• Variant of Cara.
• From Korean 加耶 (伽倻). The Middle Chinese pronunciation is thought to have been closer to Kaya, but (Kara) is thought to have been the oldest pronunciation.
• From Tamil கர.