| BANDEIRA | • BANDEIRA n. an expedition in search of gold and slaves in seventeenth century Brazil. |
| CAPOEIRA | • capoeira n. (Uncountable) A martial art developed in Brazil. • capoeira n. (Countable) A practitioner of this martial art. • CAPOEIRA n. (Portuguese) a martial art and dance combination. |
| EPEIRA | • Epeira prop.n. (Archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Araneidae – certain orb-weaving spiders, now considered… • EPEIRA n. a genus of spiders, including the common garden spider, also EPEIRID. |
| HARIRA | • harira n. A thickened, tomato-based Moroccan soup, popular during Ramadan. • HARIRA n. (Arabic) a kind of Moroccan soup. |
| HEGIRA | • hegira n. A journey taken to escape from danger; an exodus. • Hegira prop.n. Alternative form of Hijra. • HEGIRA n. (Arabic) the flight of Mohammed from Mecca, also HEJIRA, HEJRA, HIJRA, HIJRAH. |
| HEJIRA | • hejira n. Alternative form of hegira. • HEJIRA n. (Arabic) the flight of Mohammed from Mecca, also HEGIRA, HEJRA, HIJRA, HIJRAH. |
| HETAIRA | • hetaira n. Alternative form of hetaera. • HETAIRA n. a Greek courtesan, also HETAERA. |
| LEMPIRA | • lempira n. The currency of Honduras, divided into 100 centavos. • LEMPIRA n. a monetary unit of Honduras. |
| LIRA | • lira n. The basic unit of currency in Turkey. • lira n. The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar). • lira n. The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro. |
| MADEIRA | • madeira n. Madeira (wine). • Madeira prop.n. An island in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal. • Madeira n. A type of fortified wine produced on that island. |
| MANDIRA | • mandira n. Alternative form of mandir (“Hindu temple”). • MANDIRA n. (Hindi) a Hindu temple, also MANDIR. |
| MANGABEIRA | • mangabeira n. Any plant of the genus Hancornia. • MANGABEIRA n. (Portuguese) a Brazilian apocynaceous rubber tree. |
| MBIRA | • mbira n. (Music) A thumb piano, a musical instrument having a small sound box fitted with a row of tuned tabs… • MBIRA n. (Bantu) an African musical instrument played with the thumbs, aka kalimba. |
| MOIRA | • Moira prop.n. (Greek mythology) The personification of fate, especially as Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos. • Moira prop.n. A female given name from Irish. • Moira prop.n. A village in County Down, Northern Ireland. |
| NAIRA | • naira n. The official currency of Nigeria, which replaced the pound in 1973; the principal denomination of the… • NAIRA n. a Nigerian currency unit. |
| PAREIRA | • pareira n. Chondrodendron tomentosum, a large tropical liana native to Central and South America, and a source of tubocurare. • pareira n. A tonic diuretic drug derived from various South and Central American plants. • PAREIRA n. a medicinal plant root. |
| PEREIRA | • Pereira prop.n. A surname. • PEREIRA n. a Brazilian tree, the bark of which is used medicinally. |
| RANGATIRA | • rangatira n. A hereditary Māori leader of a kinship group. • RANGATIRA n. (Maori) a leader or chief. |
| TAIRA | • taira n. Alternative form of tayra. • Taira prop.n. A Japanese male given name from Japanese. • Taira prop.n. A surname from Japanese. |