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🏝️ A name 🌳 A NZ tree
rata

rata

1 9.9
A New Zealand tree with bright red flowers and evergreen leaves
  • noun
  • New Zealand
: rata

Idioms

pro rata
  • Formal
2 5.8

According to each person's share or time worked

Surface Forms

rata singular
ratas plural

Etymology

Rata comes from the Māori name rāta for a New Zealand tree with bright red flowers, so remembering the Māori word helps you link rata to that vivid red blossom and evergreen leaves.