Lara

See also: lara, Lára, lära, and låra

English

Etymology

Anglicized from Ла́ра (Lára), a Russian pet form of Larissa, known from the novel (1957) and film (1965) Dr Zhivago.

Pronunciation

• enPR: lä′rə
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑː.ɹə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɹə
• Hyphenation: La‧ra

Proper noun

Lara

1. A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia
2. A female given name from Russian or Ukrainian.
   • 2014, Yiyun Li, Kinder Than Solitude: A Novel, Random House, →ISBN:

     Long after the divorce, Moran maintained the habit of giving her name as Lara to the Starbucks baristas. She had once met another Lara at Logan airport, both of them waiting for their coffees, both stepping forward when summoned. The other Lara said her parents had gone through a period of thinking that everything Russian was holy,and had named her Larissa―Lara―after the heroine of a Russian novel. Later, her parents left their hippie-hood behind and gave her younger sisters more normal names: Jennifer, Molly, Aimee.

3. A surname.

Translations

female given name

Belarusian: Лара f (Lara) French: Lara (fr) f German: Lara (de) f Italian: Lara (it) f Portuguese: Lara (pt) f Russian: Ла́ра (ru) f (Lára) Ukrainian: Лара f (Lara)

See also

• Laura
• Larissa

Anagrams

• Alar, Aral, Arla, alar

French

Etymology

Recently borrowed from Russian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.ʁa/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Proper noun

Lara f

1. a female given name

Anagrams

• râla

German

Etymology

Recently borrowed from Russian Ла́ра (Lára).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Lara f (genitive Laras or Lara)

1. a female given name

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːra/
• Rhymes: -aːra

Proper noun

Lara f (proper noun, genitive singular Löru)

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Lara (sg-only feminine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Lara
accusative	Löru
dative	Löru
genitive	Löru

Italian

Etymology

Recently borrowed from Russian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: Là‧ra

Proper noun

Lara f

1. a female given name

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -aɾɐ
• Hyphenation: La‧ra

Proper noun

Lara f (plural Laras)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Lara
2. a diminutive of the female given name Larissa

   Synonym: Lari

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɾa/ [ˈla.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: La‧ra

Proper noun

Lara m or f by sense

1. a surname

Proper noun

Lara ?

1. a state of Venezuela

Derived terms

• larense