• Contras
  Contras
  The contras is a label given to the various rebel groups opposing Nicaragua's FSLN Sandinista Junta of National Reconstruction government following the July 1979 overthrow of Anastasio Somoza Debayle's dictatorship...
  
  , Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries opposed to the Sandinistas
  • Iran–Contra affair, the Reagan administration selling weapons to Iran to fund the Contras
• Contra (citation signal), a term used in legal citations
• Contra payment (financial accounting), made in cases where a customer is also a supplier and a payment owed is offset against a payment due

Media

• Contra (Swedish magazine), an anti-socialist magazine in Sweden

Music

• Contra dance
  Contra dance
  Contra dance refers to several partnered folk dance styles in which couples dance in two facing lines...
  
  , several folk dance styles in which couples dance in two facing lines of indefinite length
• Contra (album)
  Contra (album)
  Contra is the second album by American indie rock band Vampire Weekend, released in January 2010 on XL Recordings. It debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 200...
  
  , the second album by Vampire Weekend
• Contrabassoon
  Contrabassoon
  The contrabassoon, also known as the double bassoon or double-bassoon, is a larger version of the bassoon, sounding an octave lower...
  
  , or double bassoon, a larger version of the bassoon sounding an octave lower
• Contra-alto
  Contra-alto clarinet
  The contra-alto clarinet is a large, low-sounding musical instrument of the clarinet family. The modern contra-alto clarinet is pitched in the key of EE and is sometimes incorrectly referred to as the EE contrabass clarinet...
  
   and Contrabass clarinet
  Contrabass clarinet
  The contrabass clarinet is the largest member of the clarinet family that has ever been in regular production or significant use. Modern contrabass clarinets are pitched in BB, sounding two octaves lower than the common B soprano clarinet and one octave lower than the B bass clarinet...
  
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• Contrabass
  Contrabass saxophone
  The contrabass saxophone is the lowest-pitched extant member of the saxophone family proper. It is extremely large and heavy , and is pitched in the key of E, one octave below the baritone.-History:The contrabass...
  
   and Subcontrabass saxophone
  Subcontrabass saxophone
  The subcontrabass saxophone is a type of saxophone that Adolphe Sax patented and planned to build but never constructed. Sax called this imagined instrument saxophone bourdon...
  
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• Contrabass bugle
  Contrabass Bugle
  The contrabass bugle, usually shortened to contra, is the lowest-pitched instrument in the drum and bugle corps hornline. It is essentially the drum corps' counterpart to the marching band's sousaphone: the lowest-pitched member of the hornline, and a replacement for the concert tuba on the...
  
  , the lowest-pitched instrument in the drum and bugle corps hornline

Video games

• Contra (series), a line of run and gun video games created by Konami
  • Contra (video game), the original game, released in 1987
• Contra, a Command & Conquer: Generals – Zero Hour modification

Places

• Tenero-Contra
  Tenero-Contra
  Tenero-Contra is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.-Geography:Tenero-Contra has an area, , of . Of this area, or 27.4% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 45.5% is forested...
  
  , a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland
• Contra, Virginia
  Contra, Virginia
  Contra is an unincorporated community in King and Queen County, Virginia, United States....
  
  
• Contra Costa Canal
  Contra Costa Canal
  The Contra Costa Canal is a aqueduct in the U.S. state of California. It is part of the Central Valley Project managed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation to divert Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta water as far as Martinez, California in Central Contra Costa County. The Contra Costa Canal is...