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I've heard that this is Slavic for star. Is this right?
Also, quick pronunciation question. Is it pronounced ZOR-ee-a? Or zor EYE-a? Or am I totally off?
We're all in the gutter, but some of us look at the stars.
~Oscar Wilde.
We're all mad here
~The Cheshire Cat.
Viva la revolucion!
Also, quick pronunciation question. Is it pronounced ZOR-ee-a? Or zor EYE-a? Or am I totally off?
We're all in the gutter, but some of us look at the stars.
~Oscar Wilde.
We're all mad here
~The Cheshire Cat.
Viva la revolucion!
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It's pronounced like it's written 'zor-YAH'.
As far as I know it means dawn (see Zora). It is possible that it's derived from an Old Slavic word for star, but it's not a modern word for star in any Slavic language I'm familiar with (Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian, Russian).
My name book lists Zorya as a variation of Zora.
I looked it up and Russian for dawn is заре (zarje), star is звезда (zvezda -same as in Serbian, in Croatian it's zvijezda).
As far as I know it means dawn (see Zora). It is possible that it's derived from an Old Slavic word for star, but it's not a modern word for star in any Slavic language I'm familiar with (Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian, Russian).
My name book lists Zorya as a variation of Zora.
I looked it up and Russian for dawn is заре (zarje), star is звезда (zvezda -same as in Serbian, in Croatian it's zvijezda).
This message was edited 10/13/2010, 3:42 PM
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As far as my research goes i am pretty sure it means star, although in many modern slavic languages their words for 'star' don't really resemble zorya apart from starting with 'z'.
And i highly doubt it would be pronounced zor-EYE-a. I'm not entirely sure of the pronounciation, but i think it's something like zawr-yah (but that's just a guess).
The Zorya were a group of guardian goddesses in Slavic mythology. There was the 'morning star' (where the name Danica comes from), 'evening star' and 'midnight star'. You can find more info here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zorya
And i highly doubt it would be pronounced zor-EYE-a. I'm not entirely sure of the pronounciation, but i think it's something like zawr-yah (but that's just a guess).
The Zorya were a group of guardian goddesses in Slavic mythology. There was the 'morning star' (where the name Danica comes from), 'evening star' and 'midnight star'. You can find more info here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zorya
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