Chara

Latin chara (“unknown kind of root”)

Chara f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Characeae – the stoneworts and related green algae.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Charophyta – superphylum; Charophyta – phylum; Charophyceae – class; Charales – order; Characeae – family; Chareae - tribe

• (genus): For species see Chara at World Register of Marine Species

• Chara (alga) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chara (Plantae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Chara on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Chara at AlgaeBase
• Chara at World Register of Marine Species
• Chara at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Chara at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Chara at Paleobiology Database

Chara (countable and uncountable, plural Charas)

1. (countable) A surname.
   1. A surname from Spanish Chará.
   2. A surname from Slovak Chára or Czech Chára.
2. A river in Yakutia, Russia; Russian Ча́ра (Čára)

   Synonyms: Chara River, River Chara

3. Ellipsis of Chara language, a language found in Ethiopia (ISO 639-3: cra).
4. Ellipsis of Chara people, an ethnic group found in Ethiopia.

   Synonym: Charas

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• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈxara/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈxara/

Chara m pers

1. a male given name

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Chara”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění