English

Proper noun

Mira

1. (astronomy) A binary star in the constellation Cetus, Omicron (ο) Ceti. The system contains a variable red giant and a white dwarf. Its brightness varies from a magnitude 2 at its brightest to a magnitude 10 at its dimmest.

Translations

Etymology 2

Name of a 16th century Indian poetess, also called Mirabai, from Hindi मीरा ‎(Mīrā, “wealthy, high born”), ultimately from Persian.

• As occasionally borne by anglophones in the West, the name may also be borrowed from Slavic languages, or be a short form of Miranda.

Proper noun

Mira

1. A female given name.
   • 1961 V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Penguin Books 1977, ISBN 0140030255, page 366:

     Dorothy's daughters were of exceptional beauty and the sisters could complain only that the Hindi names Dorothy had chosen - Mira, Leela, Lena - were meant to pass as Western ones.

Anagrams

• amir, Amir, Irma, mair, Mari, raim, rami, rima, RIMA

Faroese

Proper noun

Mira f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Mira: Miruson
• daughter of Mira: Mirudóttir

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

A 20th century invention, borrowed from the Slavic diminutive of female names containing the element *mirъ ‎(“peace”); also explained as a short form of Mirjam, or derived from the Latin name of the star.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmirɑ]
• Hyphenation: Mi‧ra

Proper noun

Mira

1. A female given name popular from the 1970s to the 1990s.
2. (astronomy) Mira.

Declension

Anagrams

• Armi, Irma, Mari, mari, Rami, rima

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese *Mira, from Celtiberian *mira, from Proto-Celtic *mori ‎(“sea”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmiɾɐ/
• Homophone: mira

Proper noun

Mira f

1. A village and municipality in Coimbra, Portugal.
2. Mira (a river in Portugal)

Derived terms

• mirense
• Odemira

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

A hypocoristic form of Mirjana, Mirjam

Proper noun

Míra f

1. A female given name.

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mira

1. A male given name, equivalent to Casimir

Asturian

Verb

mira

1. third-person singular present indicative of mirar
2. second-person singular imperative of mirar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ɾə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ɾa/

Verb

mira

1. third-person singular present indicative form of mirar
2. second-person singular imperative form of mirar

French

Verb

mira

1. third-person singular past historic of mirer

Anagrams

• mari, rami, rima

Galician

Verb

mira

1. third-person singular present indicative of mirar
2. second-person singular imperative of mirar

Italian

Noun

mira f ‎(plural mire)

1. aim
2. sight
3. (figuratively) aim, goal, purpose, design, objective

Synonyms

• (2) mirino
• (3) scopo, obiettivo, intenzione

Related terms

• mirare
• mirino
• prendere la mira
• prendere di mira

Verb

mira

1. third-person singular present indicative of mirare
2. second-person singular imperative of mirare

   Mira, o Norma, a' tuoi ginocchi

   Questi cari pargoletti.

   Ah! pietà di lor ti tocchi

   Se non hai di te pietà. — Felice Romani, libretto to Vincenzo Bellini's, Norma, Act 2, Scene 3.

Anagrams

• armi, mari, rami, rima

Ladin

Noun

mira f ‎(plural mires)

1. goal, aim, end

Latin

Adjective

mīra

1. nominative feminine singular of mīrus
2. nominative neuter plural of mīrus
3. accusative neuter plural of mīrus
4. vocative feminine singular of mīrus
5. vocative neuter plural of mīrus

mīrā

1. ablative feminine singular of mīrus

References

• MIRA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Latvian

Verb

mira

1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of mirt
2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of mirt

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmiɾɐ/
• Homophone: Mira

Etymology 1

From Italian mira ‎(“aim; sight”).

Noun

mira f (plural miras)

1. sight (device through which the person aiming looks at the intended target)
2. marksmanship (ability to shoot accurately at a target)

Synonyms

• (marksmanship): pontaria

Etymology 2

Inflected form of mirar.

Verb

mira

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of mirar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of mirar

Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin mīrāre < Latin mīrārī, present active infinitive of mīror.

Verb

a mira ‎(third-person singular present miră, past participle mirat) 1st conj.

1. (reflexive, a se mira) to wonder
2. (reflexive) to be astounded, amazed, surprised
3. (transitive) to astound, amaze
4. (regional, Transylvania) to see to

Conjugation

Synonyms

• minuna

See also

• uimi

Spanish

Noun

mira f ‎(plural miras)

1. target
2. purpose, object

Derived terms

• mirilla

Verb

mira

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of mirar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of mirar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of mirar.