Zaira
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- [ dzah-EE-rah ]
- Italian
Italian form of ZAÏRE.
 | ZA?RE female Literature Used by Voltaire for the heroine of his tragic play 'Zaïre' (1732), about a Christian woman enslaved by Muslims. The heroine is named Zara in some English translations. Voltaire may have based the name on ZAHRAH. | |||||||||||||||||||
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