Clara

Learned borrowing from Latin clāra, feminine of clārus (“bright, shining, clear”), a post-classical name made famous by the 13th century Saint Clara (Clare) of Assisi. Doublet of Clare and Claire.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈklɑːɹə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈklɛəɹə/, /ˈklæɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɹə
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹə
• Rhymes: -æɹə

Clara

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • 1830, Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names::

     But the fashion spreads deeper and wider; the village is infected and the village green; Amelias and Claras sweep your rooms and cook your dinners, gentle Sophias milk your cows, and if you ask a pretty smiling girl at a cottage door to tell you her name, the rosy lips lisp out Caroline.

   • 1956, Tad Mosel, Other People's Houses. Six Television Plays., page 123:

     My mother called me Clara. And everybody else called me Clara until I was fourteen years old. Then I got sick of it. Clara! Sounds like breaking glass. Did you ever stop to think of that, Frank? Say it fast and hit the C.

2. A town in Pyrénées-Orientales department, France; named Clara-Villerach since 2017.
3. A town in County Offaly, Ireland.
4. An area of Taylor County, Florida, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Mississippi, United States.

• Carla, Claar, acral, craal

• Klara

Clara

1. a female given name from Latin

From Italian Clara, Latin clāra. Latinate variant of Claire.

• IPA^(key): /kla.ʁa/

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Clara f

1. a female given name
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, Madame Bovary: Part II, Chapter III::

     Pendant sa convalescence, elle s’occupa beaucoup à chercher un nom pour sa fille. D’abord, elle passa en revue tous ceux qui avaient des terminaisons italiennes, tels que Clara, Louisa, Amanda, Atala ; elle aimait assez Galsuinde, plus encore Yseult ou Léocadie.

     Whilst she was getting well she occupied herself much in seeking a name for her daughter. First she went over all those that have Italian endings, such as Clara, Louisa, Amanda, Atala; she liked Galsuinde pretty well, and Yseult or Leocadie still better.

• Carla, racla

• Klara

• IPA^(key): [ˈklaːʀa]

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• Hyphenation: Cla‧ra

Clara

1. a female given name from Latin

• Clarissa

Borrowed from Italian Clara.

• IPA^(key): /ˈklara/

Clara

1. a female given name from Italian

   Clara Bernadeth, b. 1994

• IPA^(key): /ˈkla.ra/
• Rhymes: -ara
• Hyphenation: Clà‧ra

Clara f

1. a female given name, variant of Chiara

• Carla, calar

• Rhymes: -aɾɐ
• Homophone: clara
• Hyphenation: Cla‧ra

Clara f (plural Claras)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Clara or Claire

• IPA^(key): /ˈklaɾa/ [ˈkla.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Syllabification: Cla‧ra

Clara f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Clara

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Clara c (genitive Claras)

1. a female given name, variant of Klara