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Taira

American  
[tahy-rah] / ˈtaɪ rɑ /

noun

  1. a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled the country 1160–85.

  2. former name of Iwaki.


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Carvana might pattern its six other new-car stores after the Dallas location, but any growth depends on its reception with buyers, Taira said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

One such human is Mayuka Taira, who said in comments provided by Sony AI to Reuters that the robot’s strengths are what one might expect: unpredictability and an absence of emotion.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2026

Vijay Taira, vice-president of the Kashmir Apple Merchants Association in the Azadpur fruit market in Delhi, says there's been an influx of Iranian apples in India's fruit markets.

From BBC Dec. 6, 2023

Known to Ukrainians by the nickname Taira, Paievska became a popular figure in her home country.

From Seattle Times Sep. 15, 2022

The military government, the Shogunate, set up at Kamakura, was in its nature of quite a different type from that of the Taira at Kyoto.

From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Katsuro Hara

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