Lara

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See also: lara, Lára, lära, and låra

English

Etymology

Anglicized from Ла́ра (Lára), a Russian pet form of Larissa, known from the novel (1957) and film (1965) Dr Zhivago.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lara

  1. A female given name from Russian.
    • 2014, Yiyun Li, Kinder Than Solitude: A Novel, Random House, →ISBN:
      Long after the divorce, Moran maintained the habit of giving her name as Lara to the Starbucks baristas. She had once met another Lara at Logan airport, both of them waiting for their coffees, both stepping forward when summoned. The other Lara said her parents had gone through a period of thinking that everything Russian was holy,and had named her Larissa―Lara―after the heroine of a Russian novel. Later, her parents left their hippie-hood behind and gave her younger sisters more normal names: Jennifer, Molly, Aimee.
  2. A surname.

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French

Etymology

Recently borrowed from Russian.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lara f

  1. a female given name

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German

Etymology

Recently borrowed from Russian Ла́ра (Lára).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lara f (genitive Laras or Lara)

  1. a female given name

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lara f

  1. a female given name

Declension

declension of Lara
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Lara Laran Lörur Lörurnar
accusative Löru Löruna Lörur Lörurnar
dative Löru Lörunni Lörum Lörunum
genitive Löru Lörunnar Lara Laranna

Italian

Etymology

Recently borrowed from Russian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Hyphenation: Là‧ra

Proper noun

Lara f

  1. a female given name

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: La‧ra

Proper noun

Lara f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Lara
  2. a diminutive of the female given name Larissa
    Synonym: Lari

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɾa/
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Syllabification: La‧ra

Proper noun

Lara m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Proper noun

Lara ?

  1. A state of Venezuela

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