Definition of "Sarah"

Sarah¹

/ˈsɛɚ.ə/

proper noun
countable and uncountable, plural Sarahs
1. The wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac in the Bible.
  Quotations
  And God ſaid vnto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou ſhalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah ſhall her name be.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Genesis 21:4, column 1
2. A female given name from Hebrew.
  Quotations
  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.
  1988, Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye, page 15
3. A placename
  1. An unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States.
  2. An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States.

Sarah²

proper noun
1. A village in Hormozgan, Iran.

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