Sara
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Variant of Hebrew Sarah from the Ancient Greek of the New Testament.
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Sara
- A female given name.
[edit] Quotations
- 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.'
[edit] Translations
- see Sarah
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[edit] Danish
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Sara
- (Biblical) Sarah.
- A female given name, often also spelled Sarah.
[edit] Ewe
[edit] Proper noun
Sara
- A female given name.
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- 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.
[edit] Finnish
[edit] Etymology
Modern variant of Saara ( =Sarah), also associated with the Finnish noun sara (“‘sedge’”).
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Sara
- A female given name.
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Declension of Sara (type kala)
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[edit] French
[edit] Proper noun
Sara
- (Biblical) Sarah.
- A female given name, usually spelled Sarah.
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[edit] German
[edit] Proper noun
Sara
- (Biblical) Sarah.
- A female given name, often also spelled Sarah.
[edit] Italian
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Sara f.
- (Biblical) Sarah.
- A female given name.
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[edit] Norwegian
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Sara
- (Biblical) Sarah.
- A female given name, recently also spelled Sarah.
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Proper noun
Sara
- (Biblical) Sarah.
- A female given name.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Proper noun
Sara
- (Biblical) Sarah.
- A female given name, recently also spelled Sarah.
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