Mira

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

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.

• 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 languages, or be a short form of Miranda.

Mira

1. Mirabai, a 16th-century Indian poetess
2. (by extension) 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.

• Amir, Irma, Mari, RIMA, amir, mair, raim, rami, rima

Mira f

1. A female given name

Matronymics

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

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.

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

Mira

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

• Armi, Irma, Mari, Rami, armi, mari, rami, rima

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmiɾɐ/

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• Homophone: mira

Mira f

1. A village and municipality of Coimbra, Portugal.

Mira m

1. Mira (a river in Portugal)

• mirense
• Odemira

A hypocoristic form of Mirjana, Mirjam

Míra f

1. A female given name.

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Mira

1. A male given name, equivalent to Casimir