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Yara (or Iara) is a Guarani name. The meaning is "mistress".

All I found was this (surname):

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JARA:
Spanish: habitational name any of the various places in southern Spain named Jara or La Jara, from jara ‘rockrose’, ‘cistus’.

(Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press)

I read a tale once, from South American. I think Yara was a beautiful but deadly undine who made young men drown. That's all I remember, sorry...

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Check here: http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:xOmh5auaWeoJ:uk.geocities.com/lucath/mermaids.html+yara+siren&hl=fr

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http://www.topics-mag.com/internatl/names/yara.htm

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http://www.caroun.com/1-FreeDownload/Calligraphy/Names-1/Yara.html

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http://www.babynames.com.au/Search/search-alphabetical-results.asp?Name=Yara

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http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:C5iT6MeYMvsJ:www.giftmugs.com/sampler/Brazil/indian_names.htm+yara+names&hl=fr

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~~ Claire ~~

This message was edited 3/14/2005, 5:48 AM