Gender Feminine
Pronounced Pron. /ˈd͡zai̯.ra/(Italian) /ˈθai.ɾa/(European Spanish) /ˈsai.ɾa/(Latin American Spanish) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
Italian and Spanish form of Zaïre. It was used by Vincenzo Bellini for the heroine of his opera Zaira (1829), which was based on Voltaire's 1732 play Zaïre.