Tiare

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See also: tiare

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Tahitian Tiare, from tiare, a small white gardenia (Gardenia tahitiensis ), the national flower of Tahiti.

Proper noun

Tiare

  1. A female given name. Used in Hawaii since the 1980s.
    • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 49
      Tiare — her father had called her by the name of the white, scented flower which, they tell you, if you have once smelt, will always draw you back to Tahiti in the end, however far you may have roamed — Tiare remembered Strickland very well.

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Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tiārē f sg (genitive Tiārēs); first declension

  1. A town in Mysia, mentioned by Pliny

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Tiārē
Genitive Tiārēs
Dative Tiārae
Accusative Tiārēn
Ablative Tiārē
Vocative Tiārē
Locative Tiārae

Derived terms

References

  • Tiare in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Tiare ?

  1. a female given name.

Usage notes

  • Tiare was the 77th and Thiare the 74th most common name for girls born in Chile in 2005.

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