Mira

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English

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Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

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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.
    Synonym: Omicron Ceti
    Hypernym: binary star
    • 2008, Helge Kragh, The Moon that Wasn't: The Saga of Venus' Spurious Satellite, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 80:
      The favoured explanation, adopted by Maraldi, was based on the assumption that the star was rotating and composed of two different parts, a bright and a dark region; if so, it might only be visible when the bright region turned towards Earth. Whatever the explanation, Mira had puzzled the astronomers because of its random character and the irregular periods between its observations.
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Etymology 2

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  • Borrowed from Hindi मीरा (mīrā), name of a 16th century Indian poetess, also affectionately called Mirabai.
  • As occasionally borne by anglophones in the West, the name may also be borrowed from Slavic, or be a short form of Miranda.

Proper noun

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Mira

  1. Mirabai, a 16th-century Indian poetess.
  2. (by extension) A female given name from India.
    • 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Penguin Books, published 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.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Faroese

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Proper noun

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Mira f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

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Matronymics

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

Declension

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Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Mira
Accusative Miru
Dative Miru
Genitive Miru

Finnish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmirɑ/, [ˈmirɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -irɑ
  • Syllabification(key): Mi‧ra

Proper noun

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Mira

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

Declension

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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
Mirain rare
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
abessive Miratta Miroitta
instructive — Miroin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Mira (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Mirani Mirani
accusative nom. Mirani Mirani
gen. Mirani
genitive Mirani Mirojeni
Miraini rare
partitive Miraani Mirojani
inessive Mirassani Miroissani
elative Mirastani Miroistani
illative Miraani Miroihini
adessive Mirallani Miroillani
ablative Miraltani Miroiltani
allative Miralleni Miroilleni
essive Miranani Miroinani
translative Mirakseni Miroikseni
abessive Mirattani Miroittani
instructive — —
comitative — Miroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Mirasi Mirasi
accusative nom. Mirasi Mirasi
gen. Mirasi
genitive Mirasi Mirojesi
Miraisi rare
partitive Miraasi Mirojasi
inessive Mirassasi Miroissasi
elative Mirastasi Miroistasi
illative Miraasi Miroihisi
adessive Mirallasi Miroillasi
ablative Miraltasi Miroiltasi
allative Mirallesi Miroillesi
essive Miranasi Miroinasi
translative Miraksesi Miroiksesi
abessive Mirattasi Miroittasi
instructive — —
comitative — Miroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Miramme Miramme
accusative nom. Miramme Miramme
gen. Miramme
genitive Miramme Mirojemme
Miraimme rare
partitive Miraamme Mirojamme
inessive Mirassamme Miroissamme
elative Mirastamme Miroistamme
illative Miraamme Miroihimme
adessive Mirallamme Miroillamme
ablative Miraltamme Miroiltamme
allative Mirallemme Miroillemme
essive Miranamme Miroinamme
translative Miraksemme Miroiksemme
abessive Mirattamme Miroittamme
instructive — —
comitative — Miroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Miranne Miranne
accusative nom. Miranne Miranne
gen. Miranne
genitive Miranne Mirojenne
Mirainne rare
partitive Miraanne Mirojanne
inessive Mirassanne Miroissanne
elative Mirastanne Miroistanne
illative Miraanne Miroihinne
adessive Mirallanne Miroillanne
ablative Miraltanne Miroiltanne
allative Mirallenne Miroillenne
essive Mirananne Miroinanne
translative Miraksenne Miroiksenne
abessive Mirattanne Miroittanne
instructive — —
comitative — Miroinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Miransa Miransa
accusative nom. Miransa Miransa
gen. Miransa
genitive Miransa Mirojensa
Mirainsa rare
partitive Miraansa Mirojaan
Mirojansa
inessive Mirassaan
Mirassansa 		Miroissaan
Miroissansa
elative Mirastaan
Mirastansa 		Miroistaan
Miroistansa
illative Miraansa Miroihinsa
adessive Mirallaan
Mirallansa 		Miroillaan
Miroillansa
ablative Miraltaan
Miraltansa 		Miroiltaan
Miroiltansa
allative Miralleen
Mirallensa 		Miroilleen
Miroillensa
essive Miranaan
Miranansa 		Miroinaan
Miroinansa
translative Mirakseen
Miraksensa 		Miroikseen
Miroiksensa
abessive Mirattaan
Mirattansa 		Miroittaan
Miroittansa
instructive — —
comitative — Miroineen
Miroinensa

Statistics

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  • Mira is the 112th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 7,082 female individuals (and as a middle name to 664 more), and also belongs to 6 male individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Anagrams

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German

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Etymology 1

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Proper noun

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Mira m (proper noun, strong, genitive Miras)

  1. (astronomy) Mira
    • 2007 August 16, “Wundersamer Sprinter im All entdeckt”, in Der Spiegel‎[1]:
      Astronomen haben an dem schon seit 400 Jahren bekannten Stern Mira eine überraschende Entdeckung gemacht: Der Himmelskörper im Sternbild Walfisch zieht einen kometenartigen Schweif hinter sich her. Er ist mit 13 Lichtjahren mehrere tausend Mal so lang wie unser Sonnensystem. Eine solche Beobachtung sei bisher noch nie gelungen, schreibt das Team um Mark Seibert von der Carnegie Institution im Fachblatt "Nature".
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
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Declension of Mira [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Mira
genitive eines des Miras
dative einem dem Mira
accusative einen den Mira

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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Mira f (proper noun, genitive Miras or Mira, plural Miras)

  1. a female given name
Declension
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Declension of Mira [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Mira die Miras1
genitive einer der Miras, Mira der Miras1
dative einer der Mira den Miras1
accusative eine die Mira die Miras1

1Rare.

Further reading

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Italian

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Proper noun

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Mira f

  1. A village in Venice, Veneto

Anagrams

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.ra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ira
  • Syllabification: Mi‧ra
  • Homophone: mira

Etymology 1

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Clipping of Mirosława.

Proper noun

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Mira f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Mira
Declension
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Declension of Mira
singular plural
nominative Mira Miry
genitive Miry Mir
dative Mirze Mirom
accusative Mirę Miry
instrumental Mirą Mirami
locative Mirze Mirach
vocative Miro Miry

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

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Mira m pers

  1. a male surname
Declension
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Declension of Mira
singular plural
nominative Mira Mirowie
genitive Miry Mirów
dative Mirze Mirom
accusative Mirę Mirów
instrumental Mirą Mirami
locative Mirze Mirach
vocative Miro Mirowie

Proper noun

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Mira f

  1. a female surname
Declension
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Declension of Mira
singular plural
nominative Mira Miry
genitive Miry Mir
dative Mirze Mirom
accusative Mirę Miry
instrumental Mirą Mirami
locative Mirze Mirach
vocative Miro Miry

Further reading

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  • Mira in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • “Mira”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce, 2022

Portuguese

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Etymology

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

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Mira f

  1. A village, parish, and municipality of the district of Coimbra, Portugal

Derived terms

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Proper noun

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Mira m

  1. Mira (a river in Alentejo, Portugal)

Derived terms

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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A hypocoristic form of Mìrjana, Mìrjam

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Proper noun

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Míra f (Cyrillic spelling Ми́ра)

  1. a female given name

Declension

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    Declension of Mira
singular plural
nominative Mira Mire
genitive Mire Mira
dative Miri Mirama
accusative Miru Mire
vocative Miro Mire
locative Miri Mirama
instrumental Mirom Mirama

Further reading

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  • “Mira”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024

Vilamovian

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Mira

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Casimir
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