Cyra (British name) is a feminine
given name
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and
surname
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People with the name include:
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Saint Cyra Saint Cyra (also Chera, Crea, and Cere filia Duibhrea) was an early Irish abbess. Her feast day is 16 October.
The virgin saint was abbess of the monastery of ''Killchere'' ("Cyra's Church") in that part of Munster which was called ''Muscragia'' o ...
, early Irish abbess.
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Cyra McFadden
Cyra McFadden (born 1937) is an American writer, who lives on a houseboat in Sausalito, California.Carve the Mark
''Carve the Mark'' is a science fiction young adult novel. It is the fifth novel by Veronica Roth, published on January 17, 2017 by HarperCollins. The story follows Akos and Cyra, young people from opposing cultures whose fates are intertwined. ...
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Adam Cyra
Adam Cyra (born 1949) is a Polish historian. A specialist in World War II history of Central Europe, he graduated from Jagiellonian University. Since 1972 he is a staff member of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim. His doctoral th ...
(born 1949), Polish historian
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