mitra

¹ American  

[mahy-truh] / ˈmaɪ trə /

noun

Botany.

1. the mitriform pileus of certain fungi.

2. a galea.

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Mitra ² American  

[mee-truh] / ˈmi trə /

noun

Hinduism.

1. the Vedic god of justice.

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Etymology

Origin of mitra

1630–40; < Latin: head band; miter

Example Sentences

Like other exiled Iranians, chess champion Mitra Hejazipour has been scouring social media for news about anti-government protests in her homeland and battling to reach friends and family through an ongoing internet shutdown.

From Barron's

His “Urgent Care” podcast co-host Mitra Jouhari, and “Fire Island” co-stars and “Las Culturistas” podcast hosts Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers were among the friends who attended the ceremony at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, according to the photos.

From Los Angeles Times

"By integrating memory and computation vertically, we can move a lot more information much quicker, just as the elevator banks in a high-rise let many residents travel between floors at once," said Tathagata Srimani, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, the paper's senior author, who began the work as a postdoctoral fellow advised by Mitra.

From Science Daily

“Whether Costco is successful through its lawsuit in getting compensated for the tariffs that it has already paid on its imports really depends on the Supreme Court’s decision on whether the president has the legal authority to impose tariffs,” said Devashish Mitra, a professor of economics and global affairs at Syracuse University.

From Los Angeles Times

“A blanket tariff on all types of imports from a country or several countries with a single stroke of the president’s pen will be very difficult, if not impossible, if other bases for tariffs are invoked,” Mitra said.

From Los Angeles Times