Amara

See also: amara, amará, amarà, āmara, and āmarā

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Amara f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Carabidae – sun beetles.

References

English

Proper noun

Amara

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage, of modern usage taken from fantasy fiction; explained, for example, as a Sanskrit word for "eternal".
    • 2002, Richard Laymon, To Wake the Dead, Leisure Books, published 2004, →ISBN, page 11:
      "Amara? That's a beautiful name." He smiled, teasing. "And she was a wife of Pharaoh Mentuhotep the First. - - - Amara, Amara, Amara. A guy can fall in love with a name like that.
  2. A port on the River Tigris in Iraq.

Translations

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈma.ɾɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈma.ɾa/

Proper noun

Amara f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Amara
  2. Amara (a city in Iraq)

Romanian

Etymology

From amar (“bitter”).

Pronunciation
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Proper noun

Amara f

  1. A village in Balta Albă, Buzău, Romania
  2. A city in Ialomița, Romania
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