Mira

Meaning

1. Mirabai, a 16th-century Indian poetess.
2. A binary star in the constellation Cetus, Omicron (ο) Ceti. The system contains a variable red giant and a white dwarf. Its brightness varies from a magnitude 2 at its brightest to a magnitude 10 at its dimmest.
3. A female given name from India.

Etymology / origin

Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1662, from Latin mīrus (“wonderful, surprising”).

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