Vera
proper nounproper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈvɪə.ɹə//
A female given name from Russian.
proper noun
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A female given name from Russian.
Good night, my Vera. Mind, I shall always call you Vera. It sounds so Russian and nice, and is much prettier than Vere.
I killed Vera Cross - - - .I had known her for about three months, and never ceased to wonder if her parents, when they gave her a name, had been totally illiterate or wilfully blasphemous.
Pioneering American astronomer Vera Rubin once mentored fellow aspiring female astronomers and advocated for women in science. It’s fitting that the first national US observatory named for a female astronomer is in her honor.
Etymology
Borrowed in the nineteenth century from the Russian virtue name Ве́ра (Véra, “faith”). By folk etymology it has also been explained as Latin vera (“true”).
proper noun
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A surname from Spanish.
Etymology
From Spanish.
Vera · A female given name from Russian.
verbal · Of or relating to words.verdict · A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or…verge · A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.