📖 Sobre Mira
Mira é um nome de notável profundidade intercultural, nascido de múltiplas tradições linguísticas que chegaram de forma independente a sons semelhantes com significados ricos. No sânscrito e no hindi, o nome está intimamente associado a Meera, a princesa rajput e poeta-santa do século XVI cujos hinos devocionais a Krishna ainda são cantados em todo o subcontinente indiano. Nas línguas eslavas, Mira deriva de *mir*, que significa 'paz' ou 'mundo', enquanto no latim *mira* significa 'maravilhosa' — raiz compartilhada com a palavra 'milagre'. Em contextos árabes, pode significar 'governante feminina' ou 'princesa'. Essa convergência entre o sânscrito, o eslavo, o latim e o árabe tornou Mira um nome verdadeiramente global.
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