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Clara
Clara
See also: clara
English
Proper noun
Clara
- A female given name.
- 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.
- 1830 Mary Russell Mitford: Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
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Translations
female given name
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Italian Clara, Latin clara. Latinate variant of Claire.
Proper noun
Clara
- A female given name.
- 1857 Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary: Part II, Chapter III: (translation by 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.
- 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.
- 1857 Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary: Part II, Chapter III: (translation by Eleanor Marx-Aveling)
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German
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈklaːʀa]
- Hyphenation: Cla‧ra
Proper noun
Clara
- A female given name of Latin origin.
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Clara f
- A female given name, equivalent to English Clara and Claire
clara
clara
See also: Clara
Latin
Adjective
clāra
- nominative feminine singular of clārus
- nominative neuter plural of clārus
- accusative neuter plural of clārus
- vocative feminine singular of clārus
- nominative neuter plural of clārus
clārā
- ablative feminine singular of clārus
References
- CLARA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Portuguese
Etymology
From claro.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkla.ɾɐ/
- Hyphenation: cla‧ra
Noun
clara f (plural claras)
Adjective
clara f sg
- Feminine singular of adjective claro.