Vira

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A transliteration of the Ukrainian female given name diminutive Віра (Vira).
  2. 2
    A barangay of Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of virus form-of, plural, rare

    "Seeing, however, that neither virus Ordinary, Tzaneen, nor Bulawayo protected completely against horse-sickness in the various parts of the Transvaal I now decided to make a combination of the two vira and to add to it the third virus, Bulawayo."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From translingual Vira or New Latin vīra.

Etymology 2

From Ukrainian Ві́ра (Víra), a calque of the female given name Ве́ра (Véra, “Vera”).

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