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Mira (given name)

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“Dimayra”
Pronunciation‘’Di-MIR-ah
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameHindu, Albanian, Hebrew, Latin, Sanskrit, Slavic, Indian, Korean, Finnish, Japanese, Turkish
Meaning"peaceful", "amazing", "beautiful", "peace", "prosperous","soft like velvet rose", "ocean","sea","billionaire","princess","happy","famous"
Other names
Related namesMiranda, Myra, Meera, Mireliana, Miriam, Mila
Mira Lobe, an Austrian children's author in 1945

Mira is a feminine given name with varying meanings. In the Romance languages, it is related to the Latin words for 'wonder' and 'wonderful'.[1][2] In Slavic languages, it means 'peace' and is often used as part of a longer name, such as Miroslava (masculine form: Miroslav), Mirjana, or Sławomira (masculine form: Sławomir). In Albanian, it means 'goodness' or 'kindness'. In Sanskrit, it means 'ocean', 'sea', 'limit', or 'boundary'.[3] It is sometimes also a short form of other given names.

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