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Gender Feminine
Pronounced Pron. ehl-MIE-rə(English) ehl-MEER-ə(English)

Meaning & History

Possibly a shortened form of Edelmira. It appears in the play Tartuffe (1664) by the French playwright Molière (often spelled in the French style Elmire).