Contra may refer to:
Places
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Contra, Virginia
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Contra Costa Canal, an aqueduct in the U.S. state of California
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Contra Costa County, California
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Tenero-Contra, a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland
People
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Cosmin Contra (born 1975), Romanian football player
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Contra (writer) (real name Margus Konnula; born 1974), Estonian poet and translator
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Contra (rapper)
Çağdaş Terzi (born 23 October 1989), better known by his stage name Contra, is a Turkish rapper and songwriter. He began his musical career with a single named "Ölü". In 2017 he released another single named "Ters Yön", however its beat was ...
(real name Çağdaş Terzi; born 1989), Turkish rapper and songwriter
Arts, entertainment, and media
Games
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Contra (card game), an historical German card game also known as Kontraspiel
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Contra (cards) Kontra or Contra is a term used in certain card games of Central European origin that is called by players to raise the stakes. It is the equivalent of "double" in other games. The term comes from the Latin word, ''contra'', which means "against". I ...
, a bid to double the stakes in many card games
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''Contra'' (series), a line of run and gun video games created by Konami
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''Contra'' (video game), the original game, released in 1987
Music and dance
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''Contra'' (album), the second album by Vampire Weekend
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Contra (band), a band from Cleveland
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"Contra" (song), a song by Logic
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Contra dance, several folk dance styles in which couples dance in two facing lines of indefinite length
Law and politics
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Contra (citation signal), a term used in legal citations
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Contra account, or contra amount
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Contras
The Contras were the various U.S.-backed and funded right-wing rebel groups that were active from 1979 to 1990 in opposition to the Marxist Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction Government in Nicaragua, which came to power in 1979 fol ...
, Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries opposed to the Sandinistas
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Iran–Contra affair, the Reagan administration selling weapons to Iran to fund the Contras
Musical instruments
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Contra-alto clarinet
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Contrabass bugle, the lowest-pitched instrument in the drum and bugle corps hornline
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Contrabass clarinet
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Contrabass saxophone
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Contrabassoon
The contrabassoon, also known as the double bassoon, is a larger version of the bassoon, sounding an octave lower. Its technique is similar to its smaller cousin, with a few notable differences.
Differences from the bassoon
The reed is consi ...
, or double bassoon, a larger version of the bassoon sounding an octave lower
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Subcontrabass saxophone
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