Mira
Americannoun
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Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
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a female given name.
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"We are here for one reason: we want to stay in our country and not have to dream of a life elsewhere," Rosela Mira, a first-year medical student, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
Two of the shuttered cookie shops are in Southern California, in Westlake Village and Mira Mesa in San Diego.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
At the test track at Mira, the all-British creation silently demonstrated how a lightweight sports car can go from an idea to a vehicle in less than two years, helped by regional expertise.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Fine, who lives in Manhattan Beach, declined to be interviewed last week before the Cubs’ game against the public school he lives five minutes from, Mira Costa.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
It had taken her several tries to get the letters of her name to resemble the sample letters in the book, and even then she wasn’t sure if she’d written Mira or Mara.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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