Definitions for Carina

Carina ca·ri·na

Spelling: [kuh-rahy-nuh, -ree-]
IPA: /kəˈraɪ nə, -ˈri-/

Carina is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 89 anagrams from letters in Carina (aacinr).

Definitions for Carina

noun

  1. Zoology. a keellike part or ridge, especially a ridge of bone on the ventral side of the sternum of birds.
  2. Botany. the two conjoined lower petals of a pea or bean flower that enclose the stamen and style.
  3. Astronomy. the Keel, a southern constellation, containing the bright star, Canopus: one of the constellations into which Argo is divided.
  4. a female given name, form of Carin.

Origin of Carina

1695-1705; Latin: keel; cf. careen

Examples for Carina

Did she not for years hide from me the mere existence of your aunt Kathi, of La carina?

“When things started to quiet down, my mom put all of us in the car and started to drive to Saigon,” says carina.

“It was hard, because nobody could take 10 people and keep them,” carina says.

But carina did not hear what he said, for she lay sweetly sleeping in her father's arms.

Finally, in the spring of 1979, carina saw her own opportunity.

Like carina, she remembers a ghastly scene once the American soldiers withdrew.

Valvulæ obtusæ, inferior paulo brevior, carina infra apicem ciliata.

"Listen to me, carina," he said, gently unfolding her arms from his neck.

The variable star Argus also belongs to the constellation carina.

Now, as a parent herself, carina marvels at the sacrifices her own mother and father made.

Word Value for Carina
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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