Contra
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Contra may refer to:
- Contras, Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries opposed to the Sandinistas.
- La Contra, short for "the counter-revolution," waged by the Contras.
- See also Iran-Contra Affair.
- Contra series, a series of video games.
- Contra (arcade game), the notable first game of the series.
- Contra dance a type of dance.
- The prefix "contra-" in music means "pitched below normal bass"[1] and is applied to certain instrument names such as
- Contrabassoon or double bassoon
- Contra-alto and contrabass clarinets
- Contrabass and subcontrabass saxophones
- Contrabass bugle, an instrument similar to a tuba
- Cosmin Contra, a Romanian football player.
- Contra, an anti-socialist magazine in Sweden.
- Contra Foundation, publisher of Contra, arising from the Democratic Alliance (Sweden)
- Contra, a magazine for universities in Greater London.
- Contra, a citation signal.
- Contra, a font by Apostrophic Labs.
- Contra, a Swiss village in the municipality of Tenero-Contra.
- Contra, a Canadian electronic musician.
- Contra, a punk band from Long Island, New York