Myra

First used by the poet Fulke Greville, possibly as an anagram of Mary.

• Rhymes: -aɪɹə

Myra

1. A female given name.
   • 1633 Fulke Greville, Cælica, Sonnet XXVIII:

     My Saint is dear to me, / Myra herself is she, / She fair and true. / Myra that knows to move / Passions of love with love: / Fortune, Adieu.

• Army, Mary, Mayr, Yarm, army, mary, yarm

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μύρα (Múra).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmy.ra/, [ˈmʏ.ra]

Myra n pl (genitive Myrōrum); second declension

1. A town of Lycia situated on a hill

Second declension.

• Myra in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Myra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette