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The cognates in the table below share meanings in English and Spanish, but have different pronunciation. Some words entered Middle English and Early Modern Spanish indirectly and at different times. For example, a Latinate word might enter English by way of Old French, but enter Spanish directly from Latin. Such differences can introduce ...
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.
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 ...
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 .
Amancio Ortega Gaona, OMC (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈmanθjo oɾˈteɣa ɣaˈona]; born 28 March 1936) is a Spanish billionaire businessman. He is the founder and former chairman of Inditex fashion group, best known for its chains of Zara and Bershka clothing and accessories shops.
If the pronunciation in a specific accent is desired, square brackets may be used, perhaps with a link to IPA chart for English dialects, which describes several national standards, or with a comment that the pronunciation is General American, Received Pronunciation, Australian English, etc. Local pronunciations are of particular interest in ...
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'.
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