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Zara is a feminine given name and a surname.. It is a spelling variant of the Arabic female name Zahra. [1] which means beautiful, radiant, and divine. [2]It is possible that the name has Hebrew origins in the word saraja, translating to sovereign, ruler, or a woman of high rank.
Zahrah, Zehra, Sahra, Zara, Zarya, Zaira Zahra ( Arabic : زهراء) is a female given name and surname. Among Arabs , the name became popularized as a result of being the name of Muhammad ’s daughter, Fatimah al-Zahra .
Zara was established by Amancio Ortega Gaona in 1975. Their first shop was in central A Coruña, in Galicia, Spain, where the company is still based.They initially called it 'Zorba' after the classic 1964 film Zorba the Greek, but after learning there was a bar with the same name two blocks away, rearranged the letters to read 'Zara'.
In 1985, Industria de Diseño Textil S.A. or Inditex was created as a holding company for Zara and its manufacturing plants. [16] In 1988, the company began expanding internationally with the opening of a Zara store in Porto, Portugal. [17] In 1990, the company-owned footwear collection, Tempe, populated in the children's section of Zara stores ...
Some linguists have used the term "RP" while expressing reservations about its suitability. [16] [17] [18] The Cambridge-published English Pronouncing Dictionary (aimed at those learning English as a foreign language) uses the phrase "BBC Pronunciation", on the basis that the name "Received Pronunciation" is "archaic" and that BBC News presenters no longer suggest high social class and ...
Zara is probably simply the goddess of the dawn, and can be translated literally as "Dawn", and Zaranica is a diminutive and may indicate respect towards her. [ 7 ] In Belarusian tradition, the stars are sometimes referred to as zorki [ 26 ] and zory , [ 27 ] such as the star Polaris , known as Zorny Kol ('star pole') and polunochna zora ('star ...
Jadera became Zara when it fell under the authority of the Republic of Venice in the 15th century. [citation needed] Zara was later used by the Austrian Empire in the 19th century, but it was provisionally changed to Zadar/Zara from 1910 to 1920; from 1920 [11] to 1947 [12] the city became part of Italy as Zara, and finally was named Zadar in 1947.
Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect ("correct" or "standard" pronunciation) or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language.