Zaira
[ˈzaɪrə]Meaning
Italian and Spanish form of Zaire
Background Story
Zaira is the Italian and Spanish form of Zaire. Vincenzo Bellini used it for the heroine of his opera Zaira (1829), which was based on Voltaire's 1732 play Zaïre.
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