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Where does “Mira” come from?

Mira (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian Mìrjana, from Hebrew מִרְיָם, from Aramaic מרים, from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם.

Ancestry of “Mira”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-CroatianMìrjana—
2Hebrewמִרְיָם—
3Aramaicמריםbitter
4Biblical Hebrewמִרְיָם—
Every word from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם →