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

• Amara (beetle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Amara on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Amara (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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

female given name

• Portuguese: Amara (pt) f

city in Iraq

• Portuguese: Amara (pt) f

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈma.ɾɐ/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈma.ɾɐ/

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