Mira
[ˈmɪrə]Meaning
Sanskrit mīra, "sea, ocean"; also short for Slavic names beginning with Mir
Background Story
Mira has two documented origins. It comes from Sanskrit mīra, meaning "sea, ocean", and was the name of a 16th-century Indian princess who devoted her life to the god Krishna. It is also a short form of Miroslava and other names beginning with Mir, often from the Slavic element mirŭ meaning "peace, world". The name is used in Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Russian, Slovak and Ukrainian, and Meera is a variant form.
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