Meaning and Origin
What does the name Era mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- According to 3 people from Albania and Canada, the name Era is of Albanian origin and means "Wind".
- According to a user from Albania, the name Era means "In Albanian 'Era' means wind".
- A submission from Albania says the name Era means "Wind, air" and is of Albanian origin.
- A user from Ghana says the name Era means "Precious and sweet".
- A submission from Albania says the name Era means "Gift of god" and is of Albanian origin.
- A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned."The foundation of Solomon's temple is conjectured by Ideler to have been an era." [R. S. Poole.]
- A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event; as, the era of Alexander; the era of Christ, or the Christian erasee under Christian). "The first century of our era." [M. Arnold.]
- A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch."Painting may truly be said to have opened the new era of culture." [J. A. Symonds.]synonyms: Epoch; time; date; period; age; dispensation. See Epoch.
Etymology: LL. aera an era, in earlier usage, the items of an account, counters, pl. of aes aeris, brass, money. See Ore
- (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched
- A major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods
- A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
Borrowing from Late Latin aera.
- A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
- (geology) A unit of time, smaller than eons and greater than periods.
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