<< Back to dictionary

The Meaning of tiara

  • (n.) A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over.
  • (n.) The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity.

Rhymes

aarau , alcantara , amara , asmara , azzara , bara , barra , beshara , brizzolara , camara , cantara , caracara , carbonara , carra , carrara , cassara , chara , chiara , cucchiara , cynara , delara , dichiara , endara , fanara , farra , ferrara , ficarra , fujiwara , gandara , guadalajara , guevara , hagiwara , ishihara , jara , kashiwahara , kawahara , kotara , kurihara , kuwahara , kuzara , lara , lazzara , leonara , madara , makara , malara , mara , marmara , marra , miara , miyahara , mortara , muhabara , musarra , nakahara , namara , nara , navarra , negara , ohkawara , omara , omeara , przywara , pullara , samsara , sankara , sarra , sciara , sciarra , segarra , shara , sharaa , sycara , takara , tamara , tara , timisoara , uehara , uenohara , uyehara , vara , vergara , vizcarra , waara , ybarra , yoshihara , zangara