Vera
[veer-uh]
- a female given name: from a Russian word meaning “faith.”
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Historical Examples
Leilas face was aglow with a new-found happiness as she and Marjorie ran up the stairs to Veras room.
Marjorie Dean College FreshmanPauline Lester
It was a sort of illumination of which Veras face is incapable; her gaiety is always clouded with irony.
Christmas Roses and Other StoriesAnne Douglas Sedgwick
It had therefore been regularly organized as a sorority one evening 112 in Leilas and Veras room.
Marjorie Dean, College SeniorPauline Lester
Word Origin and History for veras
Vera
fem. proper name, from Latin, literally "true" (see very).
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