Lara
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
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑːɹə/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːɹə
- Homophone: Laura (with cot-caught and father-bother mergers)
Proper noun
Lara
- 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.
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- A surname.
Translations
female given name
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See also
- Laura
- Larissa
Anagrams
- Alar, Aral, Arla, alar
French
Etymology
Recently borrowed from Russian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.ʁa/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Lara f
- a female given name
Anagrams
- râla
German
Etymology
Recently borrowed from Russian Ла́ра (Lára).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) Audio (file)
Proper noun
Lara f (genitive Laras or Lara)
- a female given name
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaːra/
- Rhymes: -aːra
Proper noun
Lara f
- 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
- a female given name
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈla.ɾɐ/
- Rhymes: -aɾɐ
- Hyphenation: La‧ra
Proper noun
Lara f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Lara
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaɾa/ [ˈla.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -aɾa
- Syllabification: La‧ra
Proper noun
Lara m or f by sense
- a surname
Proper noun
Lara ?
- A state of Venezuela
Derived terms
- larense