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# nara

«nara» in Mova's school dictionary: **a city in Japan that was once the capital; it is famous…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun, proper name (Nara)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (a name) Nara is a city in Japan that was once the capital; it is famous for its old temples and the tame deer that walk freely in Nara Park and bow to visitors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nara/#m1)

2) (a name) NARA is short for the National Archives and Records Administration of the USA, which keeps important government papers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nara/#m2)

3) The nara is also a spiky melon plant that grows in the deserts of Namibia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nara/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons about Japan and in culture stories about temples and deer. Not an ordinary English word. Phrases: «Nara Park», «Nara deer».

### examples

- In Nara, deer walk around the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nara/#x1)
- The deer in Nara bow for special crackers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nara/#x2)
- Nara has a giant bronze Buddha. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nara/#x3)
- Nara was the capital of Japan long ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nara/#x4)
- We watched a video of the Nara deer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nara/#x5)
- NARA keeps the Declaration of Independence in Washington. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nara/#x6)
- The nara melon grows in the Namib desert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nara/#x7)
- Our pen pal visited Nara on a school trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nara/#x8)
- Many, many years ago there lived in Nara, the ancient Capital of Japan, a wise State minister, by name Prince Toyonari Fujiwara. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nara/#x9)

### note

Usually capital N as a place name; NARA in capitals for the US archives. Say «NAH-rah». Not an English word by itself.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nara» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nara/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.