Ezra

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā). Doublet of Esdras.

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Ezra (countable and uncountable, plural Ezras)

Book of Ezra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ezra on Wikisource.Wikisource
Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

  1. (biblical) The fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh.
  2. (biblical) A Jewish high priest from the fifth century BC.
  3. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
  4. A surname from Hebrew.

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Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Ezra is the 37341st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 597 individuals. Ezra is most common among White (70.35%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (14.24%) individuals.

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Danish

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Proper noun

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Ezra

  1. Ezra (the fifteenth book of the Bible)
  2. Ezra (a Biblical character)

Dutch

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛs.raː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ez‧ra

Proper noun

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Ezra m

  1. Ezra (the fifteenth book of the Bible)
  2. Ezra (a Jewish high priest and Biblical character)

Anagrams

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈezra]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: E‧zra

Proper noun

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Ezra (accusative Ezran)

  1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

Kankanaey

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Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ˈʔezɾa/ [ˈʔez.ɾʌ]
    • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈʔesɾa/ [ˈʔes.ɾʌ]
  • Rhymes: -ezɾa, (more native-sounding) -esɾa
  • Syllabification: Ez‧ra

Proper noun

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Ezra

  1. (biblical) Ezra (book of the Bible)
    Synonym: (abbreviation) 1 Ezr.
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Latvian

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Proper noun

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Ezra m (4th declension)

  1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

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Slovene

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Proper noun

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Ezra ?

  1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras

Swahili

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Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Ezra

  1. (biblical) Ezra (a book of the Old Testament of the Bible)

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Tagalog

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Ezra (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇ)

  1. (religion) Ezra, Esdras