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Gender Feminine
Usage Theatre, Literature
Meaning & History
Used by Voltaire for the heroine of his tragic play 'Alzire, ou les Américains' (1736), about a young indigenous Peruvian woman, daughter of a powerful chief. The heroine is named Alzira in Verdi's opera based on the play. It was also used by Zola for a character in his novel 'Germinal' (1885).