Mira

Etymology 1
Named by the astronomer in 1662, from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A binary star in the constellation Cetus, Omicron (ο) Ceti. The system contains a variable red giant and a white dwarf. Its brightness varies from a magnitude 2 at its brightest to a magnitude 10 at its dimmest.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Mira
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: Mira

Etymology 2

 * Borrowed from, name of a 16th century Indian poetess, also affectionately called.
 * As occasionally borne by anglophones in the West, the name may also be borrowed from, or be a short form of.

Proper noun

 * , a 16th-century Indian poetess.

Usage notes
Matronymics
 * son of Mira: Miruson
 * daughter of Mira: Mirudóttir

Etymology
A 20th century invention, borrowed from the diminutive of female names containing the element ; also explained as a short form of, or derived from the  name of the star.

Proper noun

 * , popular from the 1970s to the 1990s
 * 1)  Mira.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Mira

Etymology
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Etymology
From, from , from.

Etymology
A hypocoristic form of ,