Lara

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See also: lara, Lára, lära, and låra

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Anglicized from Ла́ра (Lára), a Russian pet form of Larissa, known from the novel (1957) and film (1965) Dr Zhivago.

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Lara

  1. A female given name from Russian.
    • 2014, Yiyun Li, Kinder Than Solitude: A Novel, Random House, →ISBN:
      Long after the divorce, Moran maintained the habit of giving her name as Lara to the Starbucks baristas. She had once met another Lara at Logan airport, both of them waiting for their coffees, both stepping forward when summoned. The other Lara said her parents had gone through a period of thinking that everything Russian was holy,and had named her Larissa―Lara―after the heroine of a Russian novel. Later, her parents left their hippie-hood behind and gave her younger sisters more normal names: Jennifer, Molly, Aimee.
  2. A surname.

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Recently borrowed from Russian.

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Lara f

  1. a female given name

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Recently borrowed from Russian Ла́ра (Lára).

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Lara f (genitive Laras or Lara)

  1. a female given name

Icelandic[edit]

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Lara f

  1. a female given name

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Recently borrowed from Russian.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Hyphenation: Là‧ra

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Lara f

  1. a female given name

Portuguese[edit]

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  • Rhymes: -aɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: La‧ra

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Lara f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Lara
  2. a diminutive of the female given name Larissa
    Synonym: Lari

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɾa/ [ˈla.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Syllabification: La‧ra

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Lara m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Proper noun[edit]

Lara ?

  1. A state of Venezuela

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