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Zara

Zara proper noun: a female given name.

Proper noun (1)

Zara (plural Zaras)

  1. A female given name.
    • While the plane is “perfectly capable” of making the trip without these modifications, Zara’s father Sam Rutherford says these changes have given both him and Zara an extra sense of security.2021 August 18, Rebecca Cairns, “This teenage aviator hopes to be the youngest woman to fly solo around the world”, in CNN
    1. A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], variant of Sarah.
    2. A female given name from Arabic.

Proper noun (2)

Zara

  1. A locality in the Tweed council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Forms of Zara

pluralZaras
alternative formZarah

Origin of Zara

A 20th-century variant of Sarah, or explained as Arabic زَهْرَة (zahra, “flower”); given to the daughter of Princess Anne in 1981.

Questions about Zara

What does Zara mean?
Zara means a female given name.
What part of speech is Zara?
Zara is a proper noun.

Words near Zara in the dictionary

  1. Zaqistanis
  2. Zaqqum
  3. zaque
  4. zaques
  5. zar
  6. Zara
  7. zaraath
  8. zarabanda
  9. zarabandas
  10. Zarabi
  11. Zarabis

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