Lira
Meaning of Lira
In the hush of twilight, Lira drifts across the tongue like a chord from a lacquered koto, its Italian essence enshrined in the ancient word for lyre and uttered as LEE-rah (/ˈliːra/), while in English it softens to LEE-ruh (/ˈliːrə/), falling like silken cherry petals on still water. This name weaves together threads of Grecian myth—where Orpheus coaxed melodies from celestial strings—and the shimmer of Italy’s former currency, each syllable carrying the twin legacies of art and value. In the Japanese imagination, Lira conjures the serene ria, a gentle sea inlet where land and water embrace in silent harmony, reflecting the yūgen of unseen depths and the wabi-sabi of fleeting beauty. Though still rare on American birth registers, gracing twenty newborn girls in 2024, Lira rises with quiet inevitability, inviting each bearer into a legacy of music, myth, and whispered elegance.
Pronunciation
Italian
- Pronunced as LEE-rah (/ˈli:ra/)
English
- Pronunced as LEE-ruh (/ˈli:rə/)
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