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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Example Sentences

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

The people of Ukraine were represented by founder of a volunteer ambulance corps called Taira's Angels Yulia Pajevska, human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviychuk and the exiled mayor of the occupied city of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov.

From Reuters

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

From Seattle Times

“Night Attack” describes an incident that took place during the Heiji Rebellion, a much written about phase of the civil wars between two clans, the Taira and the Minamoto.

From Washington Post

Taira is an outsized personality in Ukraine, famed for her work training field medics and instantly recognizable by her shock of blond hair and the tattoos that circle both arms.

From Seattle Times