kira

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/kiːrə//kɪrə/

noun

An ankle-length dress traditionally worn by women in Bhutan.

Origindz དཀྱི་ར →
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Meanings

kira1

nounkira (plural kiras)

plural kiras

  1. An ankle-length dress traditionally worn by women in Bhutan.

Kira2

proper noun
  1. A female given name from Persian or Irish.

    The ordeal is a world away from Kira now as she plays games on her new iPad while absently talking about downloading more apps to play music, and voicing her excitement over reuniting soon with her grandfather’s girlfriend.

    2022 April 28, Sandi Sidhu, Roman Tymotsko and Oleksandra Titorova, “After epic journey, orphaned Ukrainian girl is reunited with grandfather”, in CNN

Origin

kira · noun

  1. dzདཀྱི་ར
  2. dzདཀྱི་ར
  3. Englishkira

Borrowed from Dzongkha དཀྱི་ར (dkyi ra).

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Kira · proper noun

  1. Irish[Term?]
  2. Persianکوروش
  3. RussianКи́ра
  4. EnglishKira

Variant of Kyra or borrowed from Russian Ки́ра (Kíra), ultimately from Persian کوروش (Kūrūš). Also used as a respelling of Ciara, from Irish [Term?].

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Translations

Russian Ки́ра
  • Ки́ра (Kíra)female given name
Swedish Kira
  • Kirafemale given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

KaririkaArikkrairakiikraraikkiar
Cite this entry
APA

kira. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kira

MLA

“kira.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kira. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kira,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kira.

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