title: DRA
text: # DRA
  
  DRA or Dra may refer to:
  
  ## Places
  
  * Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, 1978-1987
  * Desert Rock Airport (IATA airport code DRA), Mercury, Nevada, USA
  * Draco (constellation) (abbreviated Dra)
  
  ## Organizations
  
  * Defence Research Agency, former UK body
  * Delta Regional Authority, for the Mississippi River Delta Region, US
  * Deutscher Reichsausschuss für Leibesübungen, later Nationalsozialistischer Reichsbund für Leibesübungen, a former German sports organization
  * Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv, the German Broadcasting Archive
  
  ## Science and technology
  
  * Dielectric resonator antenna
  * Dopamine receptor antagonist, first generation antipsychotics
  * Dopamine releasing agent, a class of drugs
  * Downregulated-in-adenoma, an anion exchanger
  * Drag reducing agent, a pipeline flow improver
  * Driver's reminder appliance, a UK passenger train safety device
  * Dynamic Resolution Adaptation, an audio coding standard
  * Dynamic Resource Allocation, a project management tool
  * Dave's Redistricting App, an online web app that allows people to draw redistricting maps
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * (Dra.), feminine-form abbreviation for Doctor (title) in some languages
  