Lara

/ (ˈlɑːrə) /

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noun

Brian Charles. born 1969,Trinidadian cricketer: scored 11,953 runs in 131 test matches (1990–2006) for the West Indies; holder of records for highest individual score in first-class cricket (501 not out for Warwickshire, 1994) and for highest test innings (400 not out against England, 2004)

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Words nearby Lara

lap up, Laputa, lapwing, laqueus, lar, Lara, Laramie, Laramie Range, lararium, la raza, larboard

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He has drawn his own picture more effectively in Lara than any strange hand could do.
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Francisco Manrique de Lara, Episcopo, ex vetere ad hoc templum facta translatio xxv.
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My interpretation of both tales is as follows:—Lara and Ezzelin both lived in youth where they afterwards met, viz.
Notes & Queries, No. 27. Saturday, May 4, 1850|Various
For the form Lara which appears in the printed editions see p. 62, note, above.
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