Zaira

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	update #116
4/25/2021, 10:07 PM	Mike C	update #110
7/2/2017, 10:39 PM	Mike C	update #95
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Feminine

Usage Italian, Spanish

Pronounced Pron. /ˈd͡zai̯.ra/(Italian) /d͡za.ˈi.ra/(Italian) /ˈθai̯.ɾa/(European Spanish) /ˈsai̯.ɾa/(Latin American Spanish)

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.