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Mira is a feminine given name with varying meanings. In the Romance languages, it is related to the Latin word ''mirus'' for 'wonder' and 'wonderful'. [1] [2] [3] 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).
Maera or Mera, [1] one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. [2] She and her other sisters appear to Thetis when she cries out in sympathy for the grief of Achilles at the slaying of his friend Patroclus. [3] Maera, daughter of Atlas and ancestor of the below Maera. [4]
The name Maera or Maira is used by several beings in Greek mythology: Maera (hound), hound of Icarius, was turned into the dog star; Maera, daughter of Proetus the son of Thersander, mother of Locrus by Zeus; Maera, daughter of Atlas, wife of Tegeates; Maera, one of the Nereids, daughters of Nereus and Doris
The name Myra was created by the 17th-century poet Fulke Greville 1st Barone Brooke (1554–1628). Its origins are unknown, though some speculate the created name is an anagram of the name Mary, a variant spelling of the Latin word myrrha, meaning myrrh, a fragrant resin obtained from a tree, or derived from the Latin mirari, meaning wonder, the same source from which William Shakespeare ...
Mara can be either a surname or a (usually female) first name. Mara is Irish for ocean. Mary Magdalene by José de Ribera (1641). As a surname, it may be: Hungarian: from a pet form of the personal names Mária, Márkus (Hungarian form of Marcus or Mark) or Márton (Hungarian form of Martin), or from a short form of the old ecclesiastical name Marcel;
MERA, a type of Pontiac Fiero Radical Left Front ( Metopo Rizospastikis Aristeras ), a coalition of far-left political parties in Greece MeRA25 and MERA25 ( Μétopo Evropaikís Realistikís Anypakoís ), two left-wing , progressive , and pro-European political parties in Greece and Germany respectively, both allied to the Democracy in Europe ...
The Arabic male given name Mena (Arabic: مِينَا mīnā) perhaps the Arabic "Mina" is the Persian "Mina" which bears the meaning "stained (tinted) glass mirror", artistic paint (also generic name for enamel or varnish) for porcelain and metal. Notable people with this given name include: Mena Calthorpe (1905–1996), Australian writer
Maura is a female given name primarily used in English, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Scots Gaelic, and Irish. [1] It appears as the feminine form of the Roman given name Maurus and as an Anglicisation of Máire, the Irish form of Mary.