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  • proper noun biblical A female given name
  • proper noun Slavic goddess of winter and death; Marena or Maržanna.
  • proper noun Hinduism Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama.
  • noun A member of a predominantly agricultural tribe of southern Assam and western Burma

Etymologies

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From Hebrew, meaning bitterness. The modern given name may also be shortened from Maria or Tamara.

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