tra
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of iridescent shark (“a shark catfish of species Pangasianodon hypophthalmus”).
intj
A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune.
name
Example Sentences
- "This narrow popular image of TRA as a white-black phenomenon is striking given that adoptions of black children by white parents account for only a small percentage of TRAs and an even smaller percentage of all U.S. domestic adoptions."
- "There are three reasons why domestic TRAs (involving mostly African American and Native American children) are very different from ICAs: […]"
- "However, racial identity is one surprising area of silence in many of the studies of TRA."
- "We asked the TRAs a series of questions about their relationship to family members during adolescence, many of which focused on racial differences."
- "Sixty percent of the TRAs and 77 percent of the birth children lived in neighborhoods that were mostly white."
- "Practitioners working with TRAs need to be aware of the larger sociocultural context of their clients, particularly in regard to racism."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: cá tra, ប្រា
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- British usage