Eira

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Spanish eirá, connected to Paraguayan Guarani eíra (“honey”), a food the animal is fond of, whence also Portuguese papa-mel, another vernacular name.) === Proper noun === Eira f A taxonomic genus within the family Mustelidae – tayras, of tropical and subtropical forests of Central and South America. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – supercohort; Eutheria – infraclass; Carnivora – order; Caniformia – suborder; Mustelidae – family; Guloninae - subfamily ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Eira barbara (sole known species) === References === Eira (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Eira on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Eira barbara on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Eira in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell. Eira at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Eira at National Center for Biotechnology Information == Finnish == === Etymology === From an Old Norse goddess of medicine, Eir, eir (“relief”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈei̯rɑ/, [ˈe̞i̯rɑ̝] Rhymes: -eirɑ Syllabification(key): Ei‧ra Hyphenation(key): Ei‧ra === Proper noun === Eira a female given name a neighborhood of Helsinki, the site of a hospital named for the Old Norse goddess. a Finnish surname transferred from the given name ==== Declension ==== The internal locative cases (inessive, illative and elative) are used with this place name when referring to a location. ==== Statistics ==== Eira is the 214th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,829 female individuals (and as a middle name to 468 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland. The surname Eira belongs to 75 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.