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Origin of the name MIRA.
Etymology of the
name MIRA.
Meaning of the baby name MIRA.
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MIRA. Spanish
and Chamorro. From the vocabulary word mira, from Latin myrrha, meaning
"myrrh."
mira, n.; myrrh.
(Dictionary & Grammar of the
Chamorro Language, Preissig, 1918)
MIRA. A
contraction of English Muriel (q.v.),
meaning "perfumed." Usage: America,
England.
Robert Herrick
has a sonnet to Myrrha, Hard-Hearted. The varieties of this
name are, Muriel, Mira, Meriel, Myrrha, Myrtah, Myra, Myrrhene, and
Myrtle. (Girls' Christian Names, Swan, 1905).
Myrrh, from French myrrhe,
from Latin myrrha, from the Greek, from the Arabic. The
balsamic juice of the Arabian myrtle, named from its bitterness. (Skeat's
Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, 1898)
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