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Sarah

//ˈsɛɚ.ə// name

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  1. 1
    The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible. countable, uncountable

    "And God ſaid vnto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou ſhalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah ſhall her name be."

  2. 2
    A village in Hormozgan Province, Iran.
  3. 3
    A female given name from Hebrew. countable, uncountable

    "I also have two daughters, by now grown up. Their names are Sarah and Anne, good sensible names. - - - I am a believer in sensible choices, so different from many of my own. Also in sensible names for children, because look what happened to Cordelia."

  4. 4
    A placename; An unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename; An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (śārâ, “lady, princess”), from the Biblical figure originally named Sarai (שָׂרָי (śārāy, literally “masters, princes”)).

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