Contra may refer to: Places Contra, Virginia Contra Costa Canal, an aqueduct in the U.S. state of California Contra Costa County, California Tenero-Contra, a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland People Cosmin Contra (born 1975), Romanian football player Contra (writer) (real name Margus Konnula; born 1974), Estonian poet and translator Contra (rapper) (real name Çağdaş Terzi; born 1989), Turkish rapper and songwriter Arts, entertainment, and media Games Contra (card game), an historical German card game also known as Kontraspiel Contra (cards), a bid to double the stakes in many card games Contra (series), a line of run and gun video games created by Konami Contra (video game), the original game, released in 1987 Music and dance Contra (album), the second album by Vampire Weekend Contra (band), a band from Cleveland "Contra" (song), a song by Logic Contra dance, several folk dance styles in which couples dance in two facing lines of indefinite length Law and politics Contra (citation signal), a term used in legal citations Contra account, or contra amount Contras, Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries opposed to the Sandinistas Iran–Contra affair, the Reagan administration selling weapons to Iran to fund the Contras Musical instruments Contra-alto clarinet Contrabass bugle, the lowest-pitched instrument in the drum and bugle corps hornline Contrabass clarinet Contrabass saxophone Contrabassoon, or double bassoon, a larger version of the bassoon sounding an octave lower Subcontrabass saxophone