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Palmira - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Palmira

[ 3 syll. pal-mi-ra, pa-lm-ira ] The girl name Palmira is pronounced PaaLMIHRah KEY. Palmira is of Latin origin. It is used mainly in Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. The name Palmira means 'pilgrim; city of palms'. Biblical name derived from palmiere which means 'palmer, pilgrim' ; palmarius ; palma which means 'palm tree'. The generic name has been used in the New Testament of the Bible. Palmira is the feminine form of the Italian Palmiro. A form of the name is the English and Spanish Palma.

Palmira is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

KEY: English pronunciation for Palmira: P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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