Lara

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

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

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɹə
• Hyphenation: La‧ra

Lara

1. 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.

2. A surname.

• Laura
• Larissa

• Alar, Aral, Arla, alar

Recently borrowed from Russian.

• IPA^(key): /la.ʁa/

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Lara f

1. a female given name

• râla

Recently borrowed from Russian Ла́ра (Lára).

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Lara f (genitive Laras or Lara)

1. a female given name

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːra/
• Rhymes: -aːra

Lara f (proper noun, genitive singular Löru)

1. a female given name

Recently borrowed from Russian.

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

Lara f

1. a female given name

• Rhymes: -aɾɐ
• Hyphenation: La‧ra

Lara f (plural Laras)

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

   Synonym: Lari

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

Lara m or f by sense

1. a surname

Lara ?

1. a state of Venezuela