how to pronounce era

/ˈɛɹə/

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era is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of era in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… was exemplified during that era was was …”

meanings of era

noun:

A unit of time, smaller than eons and greater than periods.
A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
Initialism of electrically reconfigurable array.
Initialism of explosive reactive armor.
Initialism of earned run average, a baseball statistic.

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Initialism of European Railway Agency (called today the European Union Agency for Railways).
Initialism of Equal Rights Amendment.

era frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word era occurs in english on average 35.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.