English

Proper noun

Myra

1. A female given name.
   • 1633 Fulke Greville, Cælica, Sonnet XXVIII:

     My Saint is dear to me, / Myra herself is she, / She fair and true. / Myra that knows to move / Passions of love with love: / Fortune, Adieu.

Anagrams

• army, Army
• mary, Mary

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• myren

Noun

myra m, f

1. definite feminine singular of myr

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

myra f

1. definite singular of myr

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse maurr, from Proto-Germanic *meurǭ, *miurijǭ ‎(“ant”), from Proto-Indo-European *mowro-, *morwi ‎(“ant”). Cognate with Icelandic maur.

Noun

myra c

1. ant

Declension

Related terms

• arbetsmyra
• flitig som en myra
• hästmyra
• myrkott
• myrkrypning
• myrlejon
• myrlejonslända
• myrslok
• myrstack
• myrsyra
• myrväg
• myrägg
• pissmyra

References

• myra in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)