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samara

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciations'Samara': Russian: /saˈmarə/; 'samara': /səˈmɑːrə/, /ˈsæmərə/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling'Samara': (sə märə; Russ. su mäə); 'samara': (samər ə, sə mârə)



WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
sam•a•ra  (samər ə, sə mârə),USA pronunciation n. [Bot.]
  1. Botanyan indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as of the elm or maple.
  • Neo-Latin; Latin samara, samera elm seed
  • 1570–80

Sa•ma•ra  (sə märə; Russ. su märə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Place Namesa port in the SE Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga. 1,257,000. Formerly (1935–91), Kuibyshev. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
samara /səˈmɑːrə; ˈsæmərə/ n
  1. a dry indehiscent one-seeded fruit with a winglike extension to aid dispersal: occurs in the ash, maple, etcAlso called: key fruit
Etymology: 16th Century: from New Latin, from Latin: seed of an elm
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Samara /Russian: saˈmarə/ n
  1. a port in SW Russia, on the River Volga: centre of an important industrial complex; oil refining. Pop: 1 140 000 (2005 est)Former name (1935–91): Kuibyshev, Kuybyshev
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