English Explanatory Dictionary

Almira

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A female given name originating as a coinage, of mainly 18th and 19th century usage.
noun
  1. Alternative form of almirah.

Word forms

Almira almiras

Etymology

Coined name, possibly inspired by Elmira, of a queen of Castile in C. F. Handel's opera Almira (1705) to an Italian [Term?] libretto.

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