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Dara is a given name often used in Ireland. It is derived from doire, the Irish word for "oak tree". It may be used as a male or female first name, and the spelling varies, with variations including Dara, Darragh and Daire. Dara Academy, the most-enrolled school in Northern Thailand, is a private, Christian school founded by members of the Church of Christ in Thailand. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Look up Appendix:Most popular given names by country in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Darragh is a name of Irish origin, coming from the original Irish name: Mac Dubhdara. ...

Dara also has origins in Hebrew and there are some suggestions that its Hebrew meaning is "wisdom and compassion". Rather, in Modern Hebrew, Dara is a conjugation of the verb "to live" and in Aramaic, Dara means interchangeably "pearl", mother-of-pearl" and "marble". “Hebrew” redirects here. ... Aramaic is a group of Semitic languages with a 3,000-year history. ...

In Cambodian Khmer, it is a unisex name meaning "star" and is a Hindu male name. Dara is also a nickname for Persian Darayavahush, meaning "possesses a lot; wealthy." Dara is Indonesian for "girl" and in Turkish, Dara means "leader". In Kiswahili version Dara means "the beautiful one". Khmer can refer to, the: Khmer people, the ethnic group to which the great majority of Cambodians belong to Khmer language Khmer script Khmer Empire, which ruled much of Indochina from the 9th to the 13th centuries. ... A Hindu ( , Devanagari: हिन्दु), as per modern definition, is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, and the religious, philosophical and cultural system that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... For other uses of this term see: Persia (disambiguation) The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). ... Kiswahili is an alternative name for the Swahili language, derived from the expression lugha ya Kiswahili, which is what speakers of Swahili call their language. ...