Samara

See also: samara, sámara, sâmara, Samāra, samară, samarą, Samarą, and səmərə

English

the city of Samara at the confluence of the Volga and river Samara

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian Сама́ра (Samára).

Proper noun

Samara

1. An oblast of Russia.
2. A city, the administrative center of Samara Oblast, Russia, the sixth-largest in the country by population.

   Synonym: (1935–1991) Kuybyshev

3. A tributary of the Volga in Russia, which meets the Volga at the city of the same name.
4. A female given name.

Translations

city in Russia

• Arabic: سَمَارَا f (samārā), سَامَارَا f (samārā)
• Armenian: Սամարա (Samara)
• Bashkir: Һамар (Hamar)
• Belarusian: Сама́ра f (Samára)
• Bulgarian: Сама́ра f (Samára)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩馬拉 / 萨马拉 (Sàmǎlā)

• Chuvash: Самар (Samar)
• Danish: Samara
• Erzya: Самар (Samar)
• Finnish: Samara
• French: Samara (fr) m
• Georgian: სამარა (samara)
• German: Samara (de) n
• Greek: Σαμάρα (el) f (Samára)
• Hebrew: סמרה
• Hindi: समारा (samārā)
• Japanese: サマーラ (Samāra)
• Kalmyk: Самр (Samr)
• Korean: 사마라 (Samara)
• Latvian: Samara f
• Macedonian: Сама́ра f (Samára)
• Marathi: समारा (samārā)
• Mongolian: Самар (Samar)
• Persian: سمارا (samârâ)
• Polish: Samara (pl) f
• Portuguese: Samara (pt) f
• Russian: Сама́ра (ru) f (Samára)
• Serbo-Croatian: Самара f, Samara (sh)
• Spanish: Samara
• Swedish: Samara n
• Tatar: Самар (Samar)

  Kryashen: Самар (Samar)

• Thai: ซามารา (saa-maa-raa)
• Ukrainian: Сама́ра f inan (Samára)
• Urdu: سمارا
• Vietnamese: Samara (vi)
• Yakut: Самарҕа (Samarğa), Сомоҕо (Somoğo), Саһарҕа (Saharğa)

Etymology 2

From Ukrainian Сама́ра (Samára).

Proper noun

Samara

1. A tributary of the Dnieper in Ukraine.
2. A village in Mykolaivka settlement hromada, Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.

Translations

village in Mykolaivka, Sumy, Sumy, Ukraine

• Ukrainian: Сама́ра f inan (Samára)

Anagrams

• Asmara, asrama

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaˈmaʁa/, /saˈmaʁa/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Samara n (proper noun, genitive Samaras or (optionally with an article) Samara)

1. Samara (a city, the administrative center of Samara Oblast, Russia)

Declension

Declension of Samara [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Samara
genitive	des	Samaras, Samara1
dative	dem	Samara
accusative	das	Samara

¹Optionally with an article.

Latin

A view of Samara

Etymology

Unknown. Likely Celtic, possibly from Gaulish *samaros (“summer”), an element also found in Samarobrīva.

Proper noun

Samara f sg (genitive Samarae); first declension

1. Somme (a river in northern France)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Samara
genitive	Samarae
dative	Samarae
accusative	Samaram
ablative	Samarā
vocative	Samara
locative	Samarae

Further reading

• Samara on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la
• “Samara”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latvian

Proper noun

Samara f (4th declension)

1. Samara (an oblast of Russia)
2. Samara (a city, the administrative center of Samara Oblast, Russia)
3. Samara (a tributary of the Volga in Russia)

Declension

Declension of Samara (4th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	Samara	—
genitive	Samaras	—
dative	Samarai	—
accusative	Samaru	—
instrumental	Samaru	—
locative	Samarā	—
vocative	Samara	—

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Сама́ра (Samára).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈma.ra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: Sa‧ma‧ra
• Homophone: samara

Proper noun

Samara f

1. Samara (an oblast of Russia)
2. Samara (a city, the administrative center of Samara Oblast, Russia)
3. Samara (a tributary of the Volga in Russia)

Declension

Declension of Samara

	singular
nominative	Samara
genitive	Samary
dative	Samarze
accusative	Samarę
instrumental	Samarą
locative	Samarze
vocative	Samaro

Derived terms

adjective

• samarski

Further reading

• Samara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈma.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈma.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈma.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈma.ɾɐ/

Proper noun

Samara f

1. Samara (an oblast of Russia)
2. Samara (a city, the administrative center of Samara Oblast, Russia)
3. Samara (a tributary of the Volga in Russia)
4. a female given name, equivalent to English Samara

Turkish

Etymology

From Russian Сама́ра (Samára).

Proper noun

Samara

1. an oblast of Russia
2. a city, the administrative center of Samara Oblast, Russia
3. a tributary of the Volga in Russia

Declension

Declension of Samara

	singular
nominative	Samara
accusative	Samara'yı
dative	Samara'ya
locative	Samara'da
ablative	Samara'dan
genitive	Samara'nın