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Clara
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clara
English
Etymology
en la clāra, feminine of la clārus bright, shining, clear, a post-classical name made famous by the 13th century Saint Clara (Clare) of Assisi. en Clare Claire.
Pronunciation
en /ˈklɑːɹə/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Clara.wav Southern England
en /ˈklɛəɹə/ /ˈklæɹə/ US
en ɑːɹə 2
en ɛəɹə 2
en æɹə 2
Proper noun
en female Latin.
en 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.
en 1956 Tad Mosel Other People's Houses. Six Television Plays. 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.
en town dept/Pyrénées-Orientales c/France; named Clara-Villerach since 2017.
en town co/Offaly c/Ireland.
en area co/Taylor County s/Florida c/USA.
en unincorporated community co/Wayne County s/Mississippi c/USA.
Derived terms
en Clara Vale Clarinda Maria Clara gown Santa Clara
Related terms
en Clare,Claire Claribel Clarice Clarissa
Translations
cognates and transliterations of the name Clara
Armenian: hy Կլարա
Catalan: ca Clara
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 克拉拉
Czech: cs Klára
Danish: da Clara
Dutch: nl Klaartje, nl Klara
Esperanto: eo Klara
Faroese: fo Klára f
Finnish: fi Klaara
French: fr Claire, fr Clara f
Galician: gl Clara f
German: de Clara f, de Klara f, de Cläre f
Greek: el Κλαίρη f, el Κλάρα f
Hungarian: hu Klára
Italian: it Chiara, it Clara f
Japanese: ja クララ Kurara
Lithuanian: lt Klerė f
Macedonian: mk Јасна f
Marathi: mr क्लारा f
Norwegian: no Klara
Polish: pl Klara f
Portuguese: pt Clara f
Russian: ru Кла́ра f
Slovak: sk Klára f
Spanish: es Clara f
Swedish: sv Klara
Anagrams
en aaclr Carla Claar acral craal
Danish
Alternative forms
da Klara
Proper noun
da female Latin
French
Etymology
From fr it Clara, fr la clāra. Latinate variant of fr Claire.
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Arthur Crbz-Clara.wav
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Clara.wav France
Proper noun
f
fr female
fr 1857 w:Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary: Part II, Chapter III: Eleanor Marx-Aveling 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.
Anagrams
fr aaclr Carla racla
German
Alternative forms
de Klara
Pronunciation
de [ˈklaːʀa]
de De-at Clara.ogg Austria
de De-Clara.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Cla ra
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female Latin
Related terms
de Clarissa
Indonesian
Etymology
id it Clara.
Pronunciation
id /ˈklara/
Proper noun
id female Italian
Clara Bernadeth Clara Bernadeth id, b. 1994
Italian
Pronunciation
Clàra
Proper noun
f
it female Chiara
Anagrams
it aaclr Carla calar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
pt aɾɐ 2
pt clara
pt Cla ra
Proper noun
f Claras
pt female Clara,Claire
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es female Clara
Derived terms
es Clarita<pos:diminutive>
Related terms
es Clarisa<qq:variant>
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Clara.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female Klara
Tagalog
Etymology
tl es Clara, from es clara.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
+
tl female Spanish Clara
Related terms
tl Claro Clarita Maria Clara klaro klaripika klaripikasyon