Sara

See also sara, sarà, Sára, Sárá, šara, and săra

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Variant of Hebrew Sarah from the Ancient Greek of the New Testament.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈsæɹə/, /ˈseəɹə/, SAMPA: /"s{r@/, /"se@r@/
• (UK) IPA: /ˈsæɹə/, SAMPA: /"s{r@/

Proper noun

Sara

1. A female given name.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Hebrews 11:11

     Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

   • 2008 Philip Hensher, The Northern Clemency, Harpercollins, ISBN 9780007174799, page 175

     'I wish I was called Sara,' she said out loud.

     'Sarah?' her mother said. 'Why the heck is being called Sarah better than being called Tracy?'

     'Not Sarah, Sara,' Tracy said. 'There's no h, you say Saaara.'

Translations

female given name — see Sarah

Anagrams

• Aras, SAAR, Saar

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /saːra/, [ˈsɑːʁɑ]

Proper noun

Sara

1. (biblical) Sarah.
2. A female given name, often also spelled Sarah.

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Dutch

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Proper noun

Sara

1. (biblical) Sarah
2. A female given name

Related terms

• Saartje
• Sarah

Anagrams

• aars, raas

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Ewe

Proper noun

Sara

1. A female given name.
   • Ŋɔŋlɔ Kɔkɔe La le Eʋegbe me, Hebritɔwo 11:11

     Le xɔse me Sara ke hɑ̃ kpɔ ŋusẽ bena, wòfɔ fu, eye wòdzi vi le eƒe nyagɑ̃kuku me; elabena ebu amesi na ŋugbedodoe la nuteƒewɔlae.

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Finnish

Etymology

Modern variant of Saara ( =Sarah), also associated with the Finnish noun sara (“sedge”).

Pronunciation

• (modern) IPA: [ˈsɑrɑ]
• (old, perceived as a Swedish spelling) IPA: [ˈsɑːrɑ]
• Hyphenation: Sa‧ra

Proper noun

Sara

1. A female given name.

Declension

Declension of Sara (type kala) singular plural nominative Sara Sarat genitive Saran Sarojen Sarain1 partitive Saraa Saroja accusative Sara Saran Sarat inessive Sarassa Saroissa elative Sarasta Saroista illative Saraan Saroihin adessive Saralla Saroilla ablative Saralta Saroilta allative Saralle Saroille essive Sarana Saroina translative Saraksi Saroiksi instructive – Saroin abessive Saratta Saroitta comitative – Saroineen 1) Rare.

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French

Proper noun

Sara

1. (biblical) Sarah.
2. A female given name, usually spelled Sarah.

Anagrams

• aras
• rasa

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German

Proper noun

Sara

1. (biblical) Sarah.
2. A female given name, often also spelled Sarah.

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Italian

Proper noun

Sara f.

1. (biblical) Sarah.
2. A female given name.

Anagrams

• arsa
• rasa

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Sara

1. (biblical) Sarah.
2. A female given name, recently also spelled Sarah.

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Spanish

Proper noun

Sara f.

1. (biblical) Sarah.
2. A female given name.

Quotations

• 1602 — La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 17:15

  Dijo también Dios á Abraham: A Sarai tu mujer no la llamarás Sarai, mas Sara será su nombre.

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Swedish

Etymology

Vulgate Latin Sara, from Hebrew. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1464.

Proper noun

Sara

1. (biblical) Sarah.
2. A female given name, recently also spelled Sarah.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 62 008 females with the given name Sara (compared to 6971 named Sarah) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.