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