tra

noun

1. Synonym of iridescent shark (“a shark catfish of species Pangasianodon hypophthalmus”).
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of transracial adoption.

   “This narrow popular image of TRA as a white-black phenomenon is striking given that adoptions of black children by white parents account for only a small percentage of TRAs and an even smaller percentage of all U.S. domestic adoptions.”

   “There are three reasons why domestic TRAs (involving mostly African American and Native American children) are very different from ICAs: […]”

   “However, racial identity is one surprising area of silence in many of the studies of TRA.”

3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of transracial adoptee.

   “We asked the TRAs a series of questions about their relationship to family members during adolescence, many of which focused on racial differences.”

   “Sixty percent of the TRAs and 77 percent of the birth children lived in neighborhoods that were mostly white.”

   “Practitioners working with TRAs need to be aware of the larger sociocultural context of their clients, particularly in regard to racism.”

4. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of tenants and residents association.

   “One PFI scheme was developed in an area where formal representative structures (tenant and resident associations (TRAs), tenant liaison committees (TLCs) and community forum) had failed to adapt to the growing ethnic diversity of the area.”

   “Just Space also provided support to Tower Hamlets Tenants Federation (THTF) to deliver a programme of events on community planning aimed at Tenants and Residents Associations (TRAs) in the borough.”

   “Brandon berated the lack of 'community cohesion' in the Five Estates, yet went to great length to explain how different community groups and TRAs (Tenants and Residents Associations) could not find agreement with one another.”

5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of twins reared apart.
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of trans rights activist.

   “Attempts to compel ordinary people to use the “preferred pronouns” of TRAs will backfire as this is coercion.”

   “Of the gender ideology that Stonewall and TRAs are flogging, as opposed to a person having dysphoria, loathing their genitalia & body, and feeling they are in need of medical interventions.”

   “People use that acronym [TERF] all the time as though it isn’t offensive, and it really is offensive…and it just shows how successful the TRAs have been in framing themselves as victims and the rest of us are witches.”

7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of tax receivable agreement.

intj

1. A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune.

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Tanzania Revenue Authority.