Zara (Italian)
Where does "Zara" come from?
The name Zara traces back to the ancient Liburnian settlement known as Iader, which was later adapted into the Latin Iadera. Through the centuries, the name evolved through Romance and Venetian influences into the Italian form Zara, and it eventually became the standard name for the historic Dalmatian city now known in Croatian as Zadar.
Full etymology tree
- Zara (Italian), 'Zara'
- inherited from Zara (Venetian)
- inherited from Jadera (Dalmatian)
- inherited from Iader (Liburnian)
- inherited from Jadera (Dalmatian)
- inherited from Zara (Venetian)
Descendants and derived words
- zaratino (Italian)
- zaratino (Italian)
Updated April 2026
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