kra

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noun

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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Meanings

kra1

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

kra2

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

Kra3

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

KRA4

proper noun
  1. KenyaabbreviationinitialismInitialism of Kenya Revenue Authority.
nounKRA (plural KRAs)

plural KRAs

  1. abbreviationinitialismmanagementInitialism of key result area.

Origin

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

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Translations

French kra
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Thai ขร้า
  • ขร้า (krâa)Translations

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

kra. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kra

MLA

“kra.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kra. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kra,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kra.

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