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Aira
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aira aíra airá
Translingual
thumb|Aira cupaniana species
Etymology
From mul grc αἶρα.
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Poaceae the hair grasses, native to Europe, Africa, and western Asia
Hypernyms
genus ; BOP clade clade - clade; Pooideae subfamily - subfamily; Aveneae tribe - tribe
Hyponyms
genus Aira praecox species (yellow hairgrass, early hairgrass) - type species; for the numerous species see 1
Derived terms
Airopsis genus
Further reading
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AIRA
mul Poeae tribe grasses
Finnish
Etymology
Variant of fi Airi.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female
Declension
Air a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 2987 558 204
References
Anagrams
fi aair aari
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1934. From lv airene ryegrass, from lv Airisa as a rendering of the English Iris, or a phonetic coinage.
Proper noun
lv proper noun f
lv female
Related terms
Airita
References
Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, 5-7966-0278-0
Population Register of Latvia: Aira was the only given name of 457 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.