Gara
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gara"
English
Etymology
Various origins:
- Borrowed from Hungarian Gara, a variant of Garay.
- Reduced form of O' Gara, a surname of Irish origin.
Proper noun
Gara (plural Garas)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Gara is the 36477th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 613 individuals. Gara is most common among White (77.16%) and Hispanic/Latino (12.72%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gara”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 13.
Anagrams
Hausa
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gar̃ā̀ m
Nupe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡá.ɾà/
Proper noun
Gárà
Romanian
Etymology
From gara, definite form of gară (“train station”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Gara f
Spanish
Etymology
Gara is assumed to be derived from the first half of the name of Garajonay peak (the highest point on the island of La Gomera), formerly Garagono(c)he, from Guanche [Term?].[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡaɾa/ [ˈɡa.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -aɾa
- Syllabification: Ga‧ra
Proper noun
Gara f
- a legendary Guanche woman from the island of La Gomera
- a female given name from Guanche
- 2012 January 27, “Daniel y Daniela, los nombres que más se usan en Canarias”, in La Provincia, Diario de Las Palmas, retrieved 5 March 2016:
- 2012 February 26, “´Estamos en medio de un momento histórico,´ Gara Rodríguez, Becaria de la cooperación canaria”, in La Provincia, Diario de Las Palmas, retrieved 5 March 2016:
- 2015 October 14, Verónica Galán, “Las K-narias dejan de ser iguales”, in La Opinión de Tenerife, retrieved 5 March 2016:
See also
References
- ^ Ignacio Reyes Garcia (2012) Nombres Personales de las Islas Canarias, 1 edition, Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Le Canarien ediciones - Libreando, →ISBN, pages 16 and 45; similar entry to be found online in: Ignacio Reyes Garcia (2012) “Gara, Garagonohe”, in Ínsuloamaziq (blog), retrieved 5 March 2016