Sarah

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈsɛɹə/, IPAchar /ˈsɛəɹ.ə/, IPAchar /ˈsɑɹə/; (nMmmm, also) IPAchar /ˈsæɹə/, IPAchar /ˈse(ɪ)ɹ.ə/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈsɛːɹə/, IPAchar /ˈsɛəɹ.ə/, IPAchar /ˈsɑɹə/, IPAchar /ˈsæɹə/

Proper noun

1. The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), Genesis, 17:15 ↗:

     And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

2. A female given name.
   • 1988, Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye, page 15:

     I also have two daughters, by now grown up. Their names are Sarah and Anne, good sensible names. - - - I am a believer in sensible choices, so different from many of my own. Also in sensible names for children, because look what happened to Cordelia.

3. An unincorporated community in Kentucky, US.
4. An unincorporated community in West Virginia, US.

Related terms

• (nickname) Sallie, Sally
• (nickname) Sadie

Translations

• French: Sara
• German: Sara, Sarah
• Italian: Sara
• Portuguese: Sara
• Russian: Са́ра
• Spanish: Sara

Translations

• French: Sarah
• German: Sara, Sarah
• Italian: Sara
• Portuguese: Sara
• Russian: Са́ра

Proper noun

1. A village in Hormozgan, Iran.

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