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Clara

See also: clara

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Learned borrowing from Latin clāra, feminine of clārus (“bright, shining, clear”), a post-classical name made famous by the 13th century Saint Clara (Clare) of Assisi. Doublet of Clare and Claire.

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Clara

  1. A female given name from Latin.
    • 1830, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names::
      But the fashion spreads deeper and wider; the village is infected and the village green; Amelias and Claras sweep your rooms and cook your dinners, gentle Sophias milk your cows, and if you ask a pretty smiling girl at a cottage door to tell you her name, the rosy lips lisp out Caroline.
    • 1956, Tad Mosel, Other People's Houses. Six Television Plays., page 123:
      My mother called me Clara. And everybody else called me Clara until I was fourteen years old. Then I got sick of it. Clara! Sounds like breaking glass. Did you ever stop to think of that, Frank? Say it fast and hit the C.
  2. A town in the Pyrénées-Orientales department, France; named Clara-Villerach since 2017.
  3. A town in County Offaly, Ireland.
  4. An area in Taylor County, Florida, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Mississippi, United States.

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Clara

  1. a female given name from Latin

French

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From Italian Clara, Latin clāra. Latinate variant of Claire.

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  • IPA(key): /kla.ʁa/
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Clara f

  1. a female given name
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, Madame Bovary: Part II, Chapter III::
      Pendant sa convalescence, elle s’occupa beaucoup à chercher un nom pour sa fille. D’abord, elle passa en revue tous ceux qui avaient des terminaisons italiennes, tels que Clara, Louisa, Amanda, Atala ; elle aimait assez Galsuinde, plus encore Yseult ou Léocadie.
      Whilst she was getting well she occupied herself much in seeking a name for her daughter. First she went over all those that have Italian endings, such as Clara, Louisa, Amanda, Atala; she liked Galsuinde pretty well, and Yseult or Leocadie still better.

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Clara

  1. a female given name from Latin
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Indonesian

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Borrowed from Italian Clara.

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Clara

  1. a female given name from Italian
    Clara Bernadeth, b. 1994

Italian

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkla.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Hyphenation: Clà‧ra

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Clara f

  1. a female given name, variant of Chiara

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Clara f (plural Claras)

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Clara or Claire

Spanish

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  • IPA(key): /ˈklaɾa/ [ˈkla.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Syllabification: Cla‧ra

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Clara f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Clara

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Clara c (genitive Claras)

  1. a female given name, variant of Klara
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