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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin clāra, feminine of clārus (“bright, shining, clear”), a post-classical name made famous by the 13th century Saint Clara (Clare) of Assisi. Doublet of Clare and Claire.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈklɑːɹə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈklɛəɹə/, /ˈklæɹə/
- Rhymes: -ɑːɹə
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹə
- Rhymes: -æɹə
Proper noun
[edit]Clara
- A female given name from Latin.
- 1830, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names::
- But the fashion spreads deeper and wider; the village is infected and the village green; Amelias and Claras sweep your rooms and cook your dinners, gentle Sophias milk your cows, and if you ask a pretty smiling girl at a cottage door to tell you her name, the rosy lips lisp out Caroline.
- 1956, Tad Mosel, Other People's Houses. Six Television Plays., page 123:
- My mother called me Clara. And everybody else called me Clara until I was fourteen years old. Then I got sick of it. Clara! Sounds like breaking glass. Did you ever stop to think of that, Frank? Say it fast and hit the C.
- A town in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, France; named Clara-Villerach since 2017.
- A town in County Offaly, Ireland.
- An area in Taylor County, Florida, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Mississippi, United States.
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[edit]cognates and transliterations of the name Clara
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[edit]Danish
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Clara
- a female given name from Latin
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian Clara, Latin clāra. Latinate variant of Claire.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Clara f
- a female given name
- 1857, Gustave Flaubert, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, Madame Bovary: Part II, Chapter III::
- Pendant sa convalescence, elle s’occupa beaucoup à chercher un nom pour sa fille. D’abord, elle passa en revue tous ceux qui avaient des terminaisons italiennes, tels que Clara, Louisa, Amanda, Atala ; elle aimait assez Galsuinde, plus encore Yseult ou Léocadie.
- Whilst she was getting well she occupied herself much in seeking a name for her daughter. First she went over all those that have Italian endings, such as Clara, Louisa, Amanda, Atala; she liked Galsuinde pretty well, and Yseult or Leocadie still better.
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[edit]Clara
- a female given name from Latin
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[edit]Clara
- a female given name from Italian
- Clara Bernadeth, b. 1994
Italian
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Clara f
- a female given name, variant of Chiara
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Proper noun
[edit]Clara f (plural Claras)
- a female given name, equivalent to English Clara or Claire
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Clara f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Clara
Derived terms
[edit]- Clarita (diminutive)
Related terms
[edit]- Clarisa (variant)
Swedish
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Proper noun
[edit]Clara c (genitive Claras)
- a female given name, variant of Klara
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