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  • proper noun A province in the Philippines

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Examples

  • Abra is short but fast, and really tries hard to be an adventurer.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Trollitrade’s Review Forum 2009

  • Abra was the Greek word for the favorite waiting-maid; and was, also, this girl’s own proper name.

    Cæsar Plutarch 1909

  • Abra is like Matlee’s adopted brother, and he belongs to a race of magic-users called “Riuns”.

    Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Trollitrade’s Review Forum 2009

  • After being well toasted over the fire, they are left to dry thoroughly in the sun, they are then crumbled into small pieces and put into leather bags, called Abra (ﻩﺮﺑﺃ).

    Travels in Nubia 2004

  • For more information, call Abra Sands at 650-327-7440 or e-mail abrasands2002@yahoo. com.

    unknown title 2009

  • Becky Tenefrancia of DAR said the caravan will be composed of six mini films with a total running time of one hour and twenty minutes representing the six different provinces of Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) namely Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga and Mountain Province.

    unknown title 2009

  • For more information, call Abra Sands at 650-327-7440 or e-mail abrasands2002@yahoo. com.

    unknown title 2009

  • Star Superbalita ang taho nga nagdala og taas nga kalibre sa armas ang usa ka Alfredo Mendez, alyas 'Abra', sakop sa 2nd Battalion, 102nd Brigade sa MNLF, dihang nisud sa istasyon sa pulis didto sa Malalag, Davao del Sur.

    Sun.Star Network Online - Your Source of Philippine Community News 2009

  • 'Abra's Vision' is a happy rendering of Leigh Hunt's 'Abou Ben Adhem.'

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 Various

  • Bell isolated Abra from all outside commerce, imposed rigorous food control in the towns, condoned the burning of houses and crops, and forcibly relocated the residents of some outlying villages into protected zones, after which all males outside these protected zones were treated as guerrillas.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

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