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Palmira - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Palmira
 
 

 


The girl name Palmira [ 3 syll. pal-mi-ra, pa-lm-ira ] 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.

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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