Mira

[ mahy-ruh ]

/ ˈmaɪ rə /

noun

Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.

a female given name.

Example sentences from the Web for mira

The Arranged Marriage that Ended Happily Ever After Mira Jacob, Vogue How my parents fell in love, 30 years later.

The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, July 6, 2014 |The Daily Beast |July 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Mira and Emmanuel Riva have been converted, because they were civil servants, into Mossad agents.

Naming Europe’s New Anti-Semitism |Bernard-Henri Lévy |June 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Holding hands, they thought about what to do about their life on the front line, on Mira Street in the town of Amvrosyevka.

Mom and Pop on Ukraine’s Battle Line |Anna Nemtsova |June 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I ask Mira for a beer and find the tavern only stocks the Slovenian brews Union and Laško.

Half of This Bar Is in Slovenia, the Other Half Is in Croatia |Jeff Campagna |January 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

(The choppy, inert 2000 TV movie with Toby Stephens, Mira Sorvino and Paul Rudd barely registered a blip).

The Great Gatsby: Book Versus Movie |Jon Reiner |May 10, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Janice had never seen him moved in this way before and even Aunt 'Mira looked startled.

The Mission of Janice Day |Helen Beecher Long
He indeed objected, that I made Mira's pen like a quill in one of the lines, and like a dart in the other.

Isaac Bickerstaff |Richard Steele
"Longer'n that, child—much longer'n that," admitted Aunt 'Mira, shamefacedly.

Janice Day |Helen Beecher Long
The statue listened motionless; suddenly it opened and Mira disappeared inside of it.

The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study |Jean-Marie Guyau
Before Aunt 'Mira and Marty were up, the pump was working in fine style.

Janice Day |Helen Beecher Long

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Mira

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