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Shira is a feminine given name of Hebrew
Hebrew language
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...

 origin meaning "poetry" or "singing". It may also refer to:
Places
  • Shira (urban-type settlement), an urban-type settlement in Shirinsky District
    Shirinsky District
    Shirinsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the eight in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia. Its administrative center is the urban locality of Shira. District's population: The population of Shira accounts for 29.9% of the district's population....

    , the Republic of Khakassia, Russia
  • Lake Shira
    Lake Shira
    Lake Shira is a meromictic lake, 12 km from Shira in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia.- Gallery :...

    , a lake near Shira in the Republic of Khakassia, Russia
  • Shira, or Sira, India
    Sira, India
    Sira is a town and taluk headquarters of Sira Taluk of Tumkur district in the state of Karnataka, India. It lies on the National Highway NH-4 and NH-234 .-Geography:...

    , a taluk in Tumkur district of Karnataka state in India
  • Shira, on Mount Kilimanjaro
    Mount Kilimanjaro
    Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is a dormant volcano in Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania and the highest mountain in Africa at above sea level .-Geology:...

    , its western peak
  • Shira, Nigeria
    Shira, Nigeria
    Shira is a Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Yana.It has an area of 1,321 km² and a population of 234,014 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 750....

    , in Bauchi State


Others
  • Shira (book), a novel by Israeli Nobel Prize laureate Shmuel Yosef Agnon
    Shmuel Yosef Agnon
    Shmuel Yosef Agnon , was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon . In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire...

  • Halva
    Halva
    Halva refers to many types of dense, sweet confections, served across the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, the Balkans, Eastern Europe, Malta and the Jewish world.The term halva ,...

    , aka Shira or Sheera, an Indian sweet dish prepared from Rava or Sajjige (Semolina) of wheat
  • Shiira
    Shiira
    Shiira is an open source web browser for the Mac OS X operating system. According to its website, the goal of Shiira was "to create a browser that is better and more useful than Safari". Shiira uses WebKit for rendering and scripting.Shiira Project was led by Makoto Kinoshita. The latest release...

    , a web browser for the Mac OS X operating system
  • She-Ra
    She-Ra
    She-Ra is a fictional character and the heroine in the Filmation cartoon and series of toys produced by Mattel called She-Ra: Princess of Power. She is the alter ego of Princess Adora and the twin sister of He-Man. She-Ra was intended to appeal to young girls in the same way that He-Man appealed to...

    , the animation series character
  • Charley Shira
    Charley Shira
    -References:...

    , former head football coach at Mississippi State University
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