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  2. Kara (name) - Wikipedia

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    Kara is both a given name and a surname with various, unrelated origins in various cultures.. As an English name, it is usually considered a modern spelling variant of the Italian endearment cara, meaning beloved, or the Irish word cara, meaning friend.

  3. Cara (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Cara is a feminine given name with multiple origins in different languages. It is often considered a spelling variant of the name Kara.As an English name, it is usually considered a modern spelling variant of the Italian endearment cara, meaning beloved, or the Irish word cara, meaning friend.

  4. Greek name - Wikipedia

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    Archi-: meaning "superior" or "boss". Chondro-: meaning "fat". Gero-: meaning "old" or "wise". Hadji-: the Arabic honorific for one who has made the Hadj or pilgrimage, used in the case of Christians for a voyage to Jerusalem, for example "Hatzipanagis". Kara-: from the Turkish word for "black", [12] for example "Karatasos". In Ottoman Turkish ...

  5. Kára - Wikipedia

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    In Norse mythology, Kára is a valkyrie, attested in the prose epilogue of the Poetic Edda poem Helgakviða Hundingsbana II.. The epilogue details that "there was a belief in the pagan religion, which we now reckon an old wives' tale, that people could be reincarnated," and that the deceased valkyrie Sigrún and her dead love Helgi Hundingsbane were considered to have been reborn as another ...

  6. Chara (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Chara is an English feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Charlotte as well as an alternate form of Cara and Kara from the Latin cārus meaning “darling, beloved, dear, loved one”. [1] [2] Chara is also a Spanish feminine given name as an alternate form for Sarah. [3]

  7. Yup, There Are A Total Of *Seven* Greek Words For Love ... - AOL

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    Experts break down what they mean and how to foster the types of love in your life. ... The term comes from Greek mythology, named after Eros, the son of Aphrodite, a.k.a., the goddess of ...

  8. Kallikantzaros - Wikipedia

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    The term kallikantzaros is speculated to be derived from the Greek kalos-kentauros ("beautiful centaur"), although this theory has been met with many objections. [1] A second theory proposes that the word comes from Turkish kara-kondjolos "werewolf, vampire", from kara "black" and koncolos "bloodsucker, werewolf".

  9. Kayra - Wikipedia

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    The name of this deity is found in several forms, as is that of his opponent. "Kayra-Khan" which may be translated as "merciful king", while the form "Kara Han" signifies "black king". For this reason, the authority on Turkic Mythology Deniz Karakurt, considers Kara-Han and Kayra-Han to be two different deities. [4]