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Lara.

A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈlɑː.ɹə/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia

  2. A female given name from Russian or Ukrainian.

  3. A surname.

Where this word comes from

Anglicized from Russian Ла́ра (Lára), a Russian pet form of Larissa, known from the novel (1957) and film (1965) Dr Zhivago.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.