Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In the Philippine Islands, Pterocarpus Indicus and Pterocarpus echinatus, valuable hardwood trees from which furniture is made. See asana, with cut.

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Examples

  • It is known as narra in the Philippines, sonokembang in Indonesia, angsana or sena in Malaysia and Singapore, and pradoo in Thailand.

    Chapter 8 1996

  • It is known as narra in the Philippines, sonokembang in Indonesia, angsana or sena in Malaysia and Singapore, and pradoo in Thailand.

    Chapter 11 1990

  • The two offices to right and left of the main entrance are finished in a beautiful, hard, heavy rosewood, called narra, the one to the right in yellow narra, that on the left in red narra.

    The Jewel City Ben Macomber

  • Unlike the famous verses bawled at sporting fixtures and stag nights, and in Irish-themed bars across the world named in her honour, this has no cockles, no mussels, no death of a fever, and no barra wheeled through streets broad and narra.

    Tart with a cart? Older song shows Dublin's Molly Malone in new light 2010

  • El Arco estará ubicado sobre el Paseo de la Reforma, la avenida que narra la historia de México según Carlos Martínez Assad, entre la Torre Mayor y el Edificio de la Secretaría de Salud.

    ��Y t�� qu�� har��as con el Bicentenario? 2009

  • Khevenhüller narra en su diario cuán difícil era la relación con los franceses, quienes se consideraban los amos de México, y con los generales conservadores, proclives a la corrupción y a la traición.

    Max en Mex. 2009

  • During those invariable grade school "what I did on my summer vacation" exercises, I'd often tune out classmates 'monotone narra ...

    Michael Sigman: Summer Vacation? 'Nothing' Doing 2009

  • During those invariable grade school "what I did on my summer vacation" exercises, I'd often tune out classmates 'monotone narra ...

    Michael Sigman: Summer Vacation? 'Nothing' Doing 2009

  • ¿Cuál es el problema de todo esto? pues que, si al final lo importante no es lo que se narra, sino cómo se narra, entonces ¿cuál es la validez del conocimiento histórico?

    Si la forma es el fondo, ��entonces el relato es la historia? 2009

  • “March of The Penguins” he wuz the narra.. nara… teh gui hu did teh tawkin.

    HOLD IT!!! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

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