Mira

See also mira

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1662. From Latin mīrus (“wonderful, surprising”)

Proper noun

Mira

1. (astronomy) A binary star in the constellation Cetus, Omicron (ο) Ceti. The system contains a variable red giant and a white dwarf. Its brightness varies from a magnitude 2 at its brightest to a magnitude 10 at its dimmest.

Translations

star

• Finnish: Mira (fi)
• French: Mira (fr)
• German: Mira (de)

• Portuguese: Mira (pt) f
• Russian: Мира (ru) (Mira)
• Spanish: Mira (es)

Etymology 2

Name of a 16th century Indian poetess, also called Mirabai, from Hindi मीरा (Mīrā, “wealthy, high born”), ultimately from Persian.

• As occasionally borne by anglophones in the West, the name may also be borrowed from Slavic languages, or be a short form of Miranda.

Proper noun

Mira

1. A female given name.
   • 1961 V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Penguin Books 1977, ISBN 0140030255, page 366:

     Dorothy's daughters were of exceptional beauty and the sisters could complain only that the Hindi names Dorothy had chosen - Mira, Leela, Lena - were meant to pass as Western ones.

Anagrams

• amir, Amir, Irma, mair, Mari, raim, rami, rima, RIMA

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Finnish

Etymology

A 20th century invention, borrowed from the Slavic diminutive of female names containing the element mir (“peace”); also explained as a short form of Mirjam, or derived from the Latin name of the star.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈmirɑ]
• Hyphenation: Mi‧ra

Proper noun

Mira

1. A female given name popular from the 1970s to the 1990s.
2. (astronomy) Mira.

Declension

Declension of Mira (type kala) singular plural nominative Mira Mirat genitive Miran Mirojen Mirain1 partitive Miraa Miroja accusative Mira Miran Mirat inessive Mirassa Miroissa elative Mirasta Miroista illative Miraan Miroihin adessive Miralla Miroilla ablative Miralta Miroilta allative Miralle Miroille essive Mirana Miroina translative Miraksi Miroiksi instructive – Miroin abessive Miratta Miroitta comitative – Miroineen 1) Rare.

Anagrams

• Armi, Irma, Mari, mari, Rami, rima

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA: /ˈmiɾɐ/

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• Homophone: mira

Proper noun

Mira

1. a Portuguese village in Coimbra district.

Related terms

• mirense

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

A hypocoristic form of Mirjana, Mirjam

Proper noun

Míra f

1. A female given name.

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Vilamovian

Proper noun

Mira

1. A male given name, equivalent to Casimir