Contra

See also: contra, contrà, and contra-

English

Etymology

Short for Spanish contrarrevolucionarios (“counter-revolutionaries”).

Noun

Contra (plural Contras)

1. A member of any of various rightist guerrilla groups violently opposing the socialist Sandinista government of Nicaragua and secretly funded by the United States government in the 1980s.

Translations

guerrilla groups

• Finnish: contra (fi)
• Persian: کنترا‎ (kontrâ)

Anagrams

• Cantor, Carnot, Carton, Catron, TRACON, cantor, carton, corant, craton, tracon

German

Proper noun

Contra m (proper noun, strong, genitive Contras)

1. Contra