Clara

See also: clara

English

Etymology

Latin clara, feminine of clarus, "bright, shining, clear", a post-classical name made famous by the 13th century Saint Clara (Clare) of Assisi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɑːɹə/
• IPA^(key): /klɛəɹə/, /ˈklæɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɹə

Proper noun

Clara

1. 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.

2. A town (named Clara-Villerach since 2017) in Pyrénées-Orientales department, France.
3. A town in County Offaly, Ireland.
4. An area in Taylor County, Florida, USA.
5. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Mississippi, USA.

Related terms

• Clare, Claire, Clarice, Clarissa

Translations

cognates and transliterations of the name Clara

• Armenian: Կլարա (Klara)
• Catalan: Clara (ca)
• Chinese: 克萊爾／克莱尔 (Kèlái'ěr), 克莱尔 (Kèlái'ěr)
• Czech: Klára (cs)
• Danish: Clara
• Dutch: Klaartje, Klara
• Esperanto: Klara (eo)
• Faroese: Klára f
• Finnish: Klaara (fi)
• French: Claire (fr)
• Galician: Clara (gl) f
• German: Clara (de), Klara
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• Italian: Chiara (it), Clara (it) f
• Japanese: クララ (Kurara)
• Lithuanian: Klerė f
• Macedonian: Јасна f (Jasna)
• Marathi: क्लारा f (klārā)
• Norwegian: Klara (no)
• Portuguese: Clara (pt) f
• Russian: Кла́ра (ru) f (Klára)
• Slovak: Klára f
• Spanish: Clara (es)
• Swedish: Klara (sv)

Anagrams

• Carla, Claar, acral, craal

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Danish

Alternative forms

• Klara

Proper noun

Clara

1. a female given name of Latin origin.

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French

Etymology

From Italian Clara, Latin clara. Latinate variant of Claire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kla.ʁa/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Clara ?

1. a female given name.
   • 1857 Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary: Part II, Chapter III: (translation by Eleanor Marx-Aveling)

     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.

Anagrams

• Carla
• racla

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German

Alternative forms

• Klara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklaːʀa]

• Audio (Austria):

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• Hyphenation: Cla‧ra

Proper noun

Clara

1. a female given name of Latin origin.

Related terms

• Clarissa

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Italian

Proper noun

Clara f

1. a female given name, variant of Chiara.

Anagrams

• calar
• Carla

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkla.ɾɐ/
• Homophone: clara

Proper noun

Clara f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Clara and Claire

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklaɾa/ [ˈkla.ɾa]

Proper noun

Clara f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Clara.

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Swedish

Proper noun

Clara c (genitive Claras)

1. a female given name, a less common spelling of Klara.