# Mira
## English
### Etymology 1

Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1662, from Latin mīrus (“wonderful, surprising”).

#### Proper noun

Mira
* (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.
    Synonym: Omicron Ceti
    Hypernym: binary star
** 2008, Helge Kragh, The Moon that Wasn't: The Saga of Venus' Spurious Satellite, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 80:The favoured explanation, adopted by Maraldi, was based on the assumption that the star was rotating and composed of two different parts, a bright and a dark region; if so, it might only be visible when the bright region turned towards Earth. Whatever the explanation, Mira had puzzled the astronomers because of its random character and the irregular periods between its observations.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

* Borrowed from Hindi मीरा (mīrā), name of a 16th century Indian poetess, also affectionately called Mirabai.
* As occasionally borne by anglophones in the West, the name may also be borrowed from Slavic, or be a short form of Miranda.

#### Proper noun

Mira
* Mirabai, a 16th-century Indian poetess.
* (by extension) A female given name from India.
** 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Penguin Books, published 1977, →ISBN, 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.

### Further reading

* Mira on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Mira (given name) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### See also

* Sanchez-Mira

### Anagrams

* Rima, raim, rami, AMIR, Mari, Amir, RIMA, Irma, amir, mair, rima, Rami, RAIM, Mair

## Faroese
### Proper noun

Mira f
* 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: /ˈmirɑ/, [ˈmirɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -irɑ
* Hyphenation: Mi‧ra

### Proper noun

Mira
* a female given name, popular from the 1970s to the 1990s
* (astronomy) Mira.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Mira (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Mirani
Mirani
accusative
nom.
Mirani
Mirani
gen.
Mirani
genitive
Mirani
Mirojeni Miraini $^{rare}$
partitive
Miraani
Mirojani
inessive
Mirassani
Miroissani
elative
Mirastani
Miroistani
illative
Miraani
Miroihini
adessive
Mirallani
Miroillani
ablative
Miraltani
Miroiltani
allative
Miralleni
Miroilleni
essive
Miranani
Miroinani
translative
Mirakseni
Miroikseni
abessive
Mirattani
Miroittani
instructive
comitative
—Miroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Mirasi
Mirasi
accusative
nom.
Mirasi
Mirasi
gen.
Mirasi
genitive
Mirasi
Mirojesi Miraisi $^{rare}$
partitive
Miraasi
Mirojasi
inessive
Mirassasi
Miroissasi
elative
Mirastasi
Miroistasi
illative
Miraasi
Miroihisi
adessive
Mirallasi
Miroillasi
ablative
Miraltasi
Miroiltasi
allative
Mirallesi
Miroillesi
essive
Miranasi
Miroinasi
translative
Miraksesi
Miroiksesi
abessive
Mirattasi
Miroittasi
instructive
comitative
—Miroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Miramme
Miramme
accusative
nom.
Miramme
Miramme
gen.
Miramme
genitive
Miramme
Mirojemme Miraimme $^{rare}$
partitive
Miraamme
Mirojamme
inessive
Mirassamme
Miroissamme
elative
Mirastamme
Miroistamme
illative
Miraamme
Miroihimme
adessive
Mirallamme
Miroillamme
ablative
Miraltamme
Miroiltamme
allative
Mirallemme
Miroillemme
essive
Miranamme
Miroinamme
translative
Miraksemme
Miroiksemme
abessive
Mirattamme
Miroittamme
instructive
comitative
—Miroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Miranne
Miranne
accusative
nom.
Miranne
Miranne
gen.
Miranne
genitive
Miranne
Mirojenne Mirainne $^{rare}$
partitive
Miraanne
Mirojanne
inessive
Mirassanne
Miroissanne
elative
Mirastanne
Miroistanne
illative
Miraanne
Miroihinne
adessive
Mirallanne
Miroillanne
ablative
Miraltanne
Miroiltanne
allative
Mirallenne
Miroillenne
essive
Mirananne
Miroinanne
translative
Miraksenne
Miroiksenne
abessive
Mirattanne
Miroittanne
instructive
comitative
—Miroinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Miransa
Miransa
accusative
nom.
Miransa
Miransa
gen.
Miransa
genitive
Miransa
Mirojensa Mirainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
Miraansa
Mirojaan Mirojansa
inessive
Mirassaan Mirassansa
Miroissaan Miroissansa
elative
Mirastaan Mirastansa
Miroistaan Miroistansa
illative
Miraansa
Miroihinsa
adessive
Mirallaan Mirallansa
Miroillaan Miroillansa
ablative
Miraltaan Miraltansa
Miroiltaan Miroiltansa
allative
Miralleen Mirallensa
Miroilleen Miroillensa
essive
Miranaan Miranansa
Miroinaan Miroinansa
translative
Mirakseen Miraksensa
Miroikseen Miroiksensa
abessive
Mirattaan Mirattansa
Miroittaan Miroittansa
instructive
comitative
—Miroineen Miroinensa :

#### Statistics

* Mira is the 112th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 7,082 female individuals (and as a middle name to 664 more), and also belongs to 6 male individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

### Anagrams

* Armi, Irma, Mari, Rami, armi, mari, rami, rima

## German
### Etymology 1
#### Proper noun

Mira m (proper noun, strong, genitive Miras)
* (astronomy) Mira
** 2007 August 16, “Wundersamer Sprinter im All entdeckt”, in Der Spiegel‎:Astronomen haben an dem schon seit 400 Jahren bekannten Stern Mira eine überraschende Entdeckung gemacht: Der Himmelskörper im Sternbild Walfisch zieht einen kometenartigen Schweif hinter sich her. Er ist mit 13 Lichtjahren mehrere tausend Mal so lang wie unser Sonnensystem. Eine solche Beobachtung sei bisher noch nie gelungen, schreibt das Team um Mark Seibert von der Carnegie Institution im Fachblatt "Nature".(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Proper noun

Mira f (proper noun, genitive Miras or Mira, plural Miras)
* a female given name

##### Declension

$^1$Rare.

### Further reading

* Mira (Stern) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$
* Mira (Vorname) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$

## Italian
### Proper noun

Mira f
* A village in Venice, Veneto

### Anagrams

* armi, mari, rami, rima

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmi.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ira
* Syllabification: Mi‧ra
* Homophone: mira

### Etymology 1

Clipping of Mirosława.

#### Proper noun

Mira f
* a female given name, equivalent to English Mira

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Proper noun

Mira m pers
* a male surname

##### Declension
#### Proper noun

Mira f
* a female surname

##### Declension
### Further reading

* Mira in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* “Mira”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmi.ɾɐ/
* Audio (Portugal):(file)
* Homophone: mira
* Hyphenation: Mi‧ra

### Proper noun

Mira f
* A village, parish, and municipality of the district of Coimbra, Portugal

#### Derived terms

* Praia de Mira
* mirense

### Proper noun

Mira m
* Mira (a river in Alentejo, Portugal)

#### Derived terms

* Odemira

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

A hypocoristic form of Mìrjana, Mìrjam

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mǐːra/

### Proper noun

Míra f (Cyrillic spelling Ми́ра)
* a female given name

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Mira”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈmiɾa/ [ˈmiː.ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -iɾa
* Syllabification: Mi‧ra

### Proper noun

Mira (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜇ)
* a female given name

## Vilamovian
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Mira
* a male given name, equivalent to English Casimir