Kara, the name, means "black" in many Turkish languages, hope, as well as 'beloved' in Italian (spelled Cara), "joy" in Greek, "face" in Spanish (spelled Cara), or 'friend' in Irish. It's often seen as a pet form of the name Katherine, which has numerous debatable origins.
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According to historian Salo Wittmayer Baron, the number of Jews affiliating with Karaism comprised as much as 10 percent of world Jewry, and debates between Rabbinic and Karaitic leaders were not uncommon.
Karaism has produced a vast library of commentaries and polemics, especially during its "Golden Age." These writings prompted new and complete defenses of the Talmud and Mishna, the culmination of these in the writings of Saadia Gaon and his criticisms of Karaism.
Though he opposed Karaism, the Rabbinic commentator Abraham Ibn Ezra regularly quoted Karaite commentators, particularly Yefet ben Ali, to the degree that a legend exists among some Karaites that Ibn Ezra was ben Ali's student.
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