Aira
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Aira cupaniana
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αἶρα (aîra).
Proper noun
Aira f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – the hair grasses, native to Europe, Africa, and western Asia.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids – clades; Poales – order; Poaceae – family; BOP clade - clade; Pooideae - subfamily; Aveneae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Aira praecox (yellow hairgrass, early hairgrass) - type species; for the numerous species see
Aira on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Derived terms
Further reading
Aira on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Aira on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Aira on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Aira at USDA Plants database
Finnish
Etymology
Variant of Airi.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aira
- a female given name
Declension
| Inflection of Aira (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Aira | Airat | |
| genitive | Airan | Airojen | |
| partitive | Airaa | Airoja | |
| illative | Airaan | Airoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Aira | Airat | |
| accusative | nom. | Aira | Airat |
| gen. | Airan | ||
| genitive | Airan | Airojen Airain rare | |
| partitive | Airaa | Airoja | |
| inessive | Airassa | Airoissa | |
| elative | Airasta | Airoista | |
| illative | Airaan | Airoihin | |
| adessive | Airalla | Airoilla | |
| ablative | Airalta | Airoilta | |
| allative | Airalle | Airoille | |
| essive | Airana | Airoina | |
| translative | Airaksi | Airoiksi | |
| abessive | Airatta | Airoitta | |
| instructive | — | Airoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
- Aira is the 191st most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 3,307 female individuals (and as a middle name to 558 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Anagrams
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1934. From airene (“ryegrass”), from Airisa as a rendering of the English Iris, or a phonetic coinage.
Proper noun
Aira f
- a female given name
Related terms
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- Population Register of Latvia: Aira was the only given name of 457 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.