Historical Examples

• This is a Persian word derived from s, thirty, and pra, a portion.

  The Faith of Islam

  Edward Sell

• Who has not heard of the Pra de la Torre, in the valley of Angrona?

  Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber

  James Aitken Wylie

• They are known in Siamese as "Pra," a word which means both "sacred" and "great."

  The Kingdom of the Yellow Robe

  Ernest Young

• Enny man who will abuze a dog, neadn't ask me to luv him, or pra for him.

  Josh Billings, Hiz Sayings

  Henry Wheeler Shaw

• Meanwhile it was risky to ascend the Pra, or enter the country of Ashanti.

  With Wolseley to Kumasi

  F.S. Brereton