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Alvira

American  
[al-vahy-ruh, -veer-uh] / ælˈvaɪ rə, -ˈvɪər ə /
Also Alvera

noun

  1. a first name, form of Elvira.


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After several days at the Alvira farm, the team changed sites, striking a camp near a more promising patch of forest.

From New York Times Aug. 31, 2021

The farm’s owners, the Alvira family, had sent their horses into the pasture and allowed the scientists to turn the stable into a lab.

From New York Times Aug. 31, 2021

“The chat was just the tip of the iceberg,” said Nicole Alvira, a lawyer, who attended Saturday’s protest with her two young children.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2019

Alvira trembled and stood powerless for a few moments.

From Alvira, the Heroine of Vesuvius by O'Reilly, A. J. (Augustine J.)

For his hero was to go and live in the neat rooms of Miss Alvira over her millinery and dressmaking shop, and never return to the scenes of his early prowess.

From The Seeker by Wilson, Harry Leon

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