Maíra

• IPA^(key): /maˈiɾa/

Maíra

1. name of a mythical prophet

• → Brazilian Portuguese: Maíra

• André Thevet (1557–1558) chapter 28, in Les singularitez de la France Antarctique [The singularities of France Antarctique] (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Maurice de La Porte, page 53v: “Mahire”
• Joseph of Anchieta (1584) [Informação do Brasil e de suas Capitanias] (overall work in Portuguese); republished as chapter XXIX, in Júlio Afrânio Peixoto, compiler, Cartas, informações, fragmentos historicos e sermões [Letters, information, historical fragments and sermons] (Cartas jesuiticas; 3), Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, 1933, page 332: “Maira”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Maíra”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 254, column 1

Borrowed from Old Tupi Maíra.

• Hyphenation: Ma‧í‧ra

Maíra f (plural Maíras)

1. a female given name from Old Tupi, of Brazilian usage