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wirra definition

wirra (wir′ə)

interjection

Irish used to express sorrow, lamenting, etc.

Etymology: short for o wirra, altered < Ir a Muire, O Mary, a cry to the Virgin

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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