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Meaning of Gar | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ɡɑː

Definitions

  1. Initialism of Grand Army of the Republic.
  2. Initialism of glycineamide ribonucleotide.
  3. A county of Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
  4. Any of several North American fish of the family Lepisosteidae that have long, narrow jaws.
  5. Initialism of glutathione amide reductase.
  6. A garfish, Belone belone.
  7. Initialism of gross annual revenue.

Equivalents

العربية غار
Deutsch Knochenhecht
Ελληνικά ζαργάνα
Suomi luuhauki
Português agulha gar peixe-agulha peixe-lagarto

Examples

“Gars are long, slender, predatory fishes of quiet waters east of the Rockies.”
“He was a Yankee and they say he would not hang a man who had been in the G.A.R.”
“No crops had ever grown before at the high altitude of Menshih Township of Gar County at the foot of Kangtiszu Peak.”

西藏巨变

“The figures indicate that Han peoples form 12 per cent of the registered residents of Gar county, and that Tibetans are 87.5 per cent of the county and 97.6 per cent of the prefecture.⁵⁸”

CEFR level

C2
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