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English word origin

Etymology of Mira

Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1662, from Latin mīrus (“wonderful, surprising”).

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Source etymology 1

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A binary star in the constellation Cetus, Omicron (ο) Ceti. The system contains a variable red giant and a white dwarf. Its brightness varies from a magnitude 2 at its brightest to a magnitude 10 at its dimmest.

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Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1662, from Latin mīrus (“wonderful, surprising”).

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Source etymology 2

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Mirabai, a 16th-century Indian poetess. · A female given name from India.

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* Borrowed from Hindi मीरा (mīrā), name of a 16th century Indian poetess, also affectionately called Mirabai. * As occasionally borne by anglophones in the West, the name may also be borrowed from Slavic, or be a short form of Miranda.

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