Mira

See also: mira, míra, mirá, mirà, Míra, and mīra

English

Etymology 1

Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1662. From Latin mīrus (“wonderful, surprising”)

Proper noun

Mira

  1. (astronomy) A binary star in the constellation Cetus, Omicron (ο) Ceti. The system contains a variable red giant and a white dwarf. Its brightness varies from a magnitude 2 at its brightest to a magnitude 10 at its dimmest.
Translations

Etymology 2

Name of a 16th century Indian poetess, also called Mirabai, from Hindi मीरा (Mīrā, “wealthy, high born”), ultimately from Persian.

  • As occasionally borne by anglophones in the West, the name may also be borrowed from Slavic languages, or be a short form of Miranda.

Proper noun

Mira

  1. A female given name.
    • 1961 V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Penguin Books 1977, →ISBN, page 366:
      Dorothy's daughters were of exceptional beauty and the sisters could complain only that the Hindi names Dorothy had chosen - Mira, Leela, Lena - were meant to pass as Western ones.

Anagrams

Faroese

Proper noun

Mira f

  1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Mira: Miruson
  • daughter of Mira: Mirudóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Mira
Accusative Miru
Dative Miru
Genitive Miru

Finnish

Etymology

A 20th century invention, borrowed from the Slavic diminutive of female names containing the element *mirъ (“peace”); also explained as a short form of Mirjam, or derived from the Latin name of the star.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmirɑ]
  • Hyphenation: Mi‧ra

Proper noun

Mira

  1. A female given name popular from the 1970s to the 1990s.
  2. (astronomy) Mira.

Declension

Inflection of Mira (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Mira Mirat
genitive Miran Mirojen
partitive Miraa Miroja
illative Miraan Miroihin
singular plural
nominative Mira Mirat
accusative nom. Mira Mirat
gen. Miran
genitive Miran Mirojen
Mirainrare
partitive Miraa Miroja
inessive Mirassa Miroissa
elative Mirasta Miroista
illative Miraan Miroihin
adessive Miralla Miroilla
ablative Miralta Miroilta
allative Miralle Miroille
essive Mirana Miroina
translative Miraksi Miroiksi
instructive — Miroin
abessive Miratta Miroitta
comitative — Miroineen

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese *Mira, from Celtiberian *mira, from Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmiɾɐ/
  • Audio (Portugal)(file)
  • Homophone: mira

Proper noun

Mira f

  1. A village and municipality of Coimbra, Portugal.

Proper noun

Mira m

  1. Mira (a river in Portugal)

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

A hypocoristic form of Mirjana, Mirjam

Proper noun

Míra f

  1. A female given name.

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Mira

  1. A male given name, equivalent to Casimir
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