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Sarah

/ˈsɛɚ.ə/ · name

Meaning

  1. A placename
  2. An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States.
  3. A village in Hormozgan Province, Iran.
  4. A female given name from Hebrew.
  5. The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.
  6. An unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States.

Etymology / origin

From Biblical Hebrew שָׂרָה (śārâ, “lady, princess”), from the Biblical figure originally named Sarai (שָׂרָי (śārāy, literally “masters, princes”)).

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