Zara

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proper noun

A female given name.

Less commonScrabble 13

Meanings

proper nounZara (plural Zaras)

plural Zaras · alternative Zarah

  1. A female given name.

    While the plane is “perfectly capable” of making the trip without these modifications, Zara’s father Sam Rutherford says these changes have given both him and Zara an extra sense of security.

    2021 August 18, Rebecca Cairns, “This teenage aviator hopes to be the youngest woman to fly solo around the world”, in CNN
    1. A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], variant of Sarah.
    2. A female given name from Arabic.
proper noun

alternative Zarah

  1. A locality in the Tweed council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Origin

  1. Arabicزَهْرَة“flower”
  2. EnglishZara

A 20th-century variant of Sarah, or explained as Arabic زَهْرَة (zahra, “flower”); given to the daughter of Princess Anne in 1981.

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APA

Zara. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zara

MLA

“Zara.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zara. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Zara,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zara.

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