• Look up vera in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vera may refer to: Vera (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Vera (given name)...
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    Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress and Playboy Playmate. A sex symbol of the 1950s and early...
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    Aloe vera (/ˈæloʊ(i) vɛrə, vɪər-/) is a succulent plant species of the genus Aloe. It is widely distributed, and is considered an invasive species in many...
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    Vera Ann Farmiga (/fɑːrˈmiːɡə/ far-MEE-gə; born August 6, 1973) is an American actress. Farmiga began her professional acting career on stage in the original...
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  • Vera (Cyrillic: Вера: Véra, "faith") is a female given name of Slavic origin, and by folk etymology it has also been explained as Latin vera meaning "true"...
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    Vera Ellen Wang (Chinese: 王薇薇; pinyin: Wáng Wēiwēi; born June 27, 1949) is an American fashion designer. Wang initially pursued a career in figure skating...
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    In oncology, polycythemia vera (PV) is an uncommon myeloproliferative neoplasm in which the bone marrow makes too many red blood cells. The majority of...
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    Vera June Miles (née Ralston; born August 23, 1929) is an American retired actress. She is known for appearing in John Ford's Western films The Searchers...
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    Marlon Andrés Vera Delgado (born December 2, 1992), also known as Chito Vera, is an Ecuadorian professional mixed martial artist who currently competes...
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    WDR VERA was a German, public radio station owned and operated by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). In order to save broadcasting capacity and enable more...
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    Věra Flasarová (born 19 December 1952 in Ostrava) is a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia;...
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  • Vera is a British crime drama television series based on the Vera Stanhope series of novels by Ann Cleeves. First broadcast on ITV on 1 May 2011, it stars...
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    Vera-Ellen (born Vera-Ellen Rohe; February 16, 1921[citation needed] – August 30, 1981) was an American dancer and actress. She is remembered for her...
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    Dame Vera Margaret Lynn CH DBE OStJ (née Welch; 20 March 1917 – 18 June 2020) was an English singer, entertainer and centenarian whose musical recordings...
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  • Vera Gissing (born Věra Diamantová; 4 July 1928 – 12 March 2022) was a Czech-British writer, translator, and one of "Winton's children", the children...
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    Vera is a digital typeface (computer font) superfamily with a liberal license. It was designed by Jim Lyles from the now-defunct Bitstream Inc. type foundry...
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    Vera Florence Cooper Rubin (/ˈruːbɪn/; July 23, 1928 – December 25, 2016) was an American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates. She uncovered...
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    Vera Drew is an American editor, director, writer and actress. Drew was born in Chicago, Illinois. As a teenager, she studied improv comedy through a Second...
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    Věra Suková (née Pužejová) (13 June 1931 – 13 May 1982) was a tennis player from Czechoslovakia. She was the women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon in...
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    Véra Gibson-Amado, known professionally as Véra Clouzot, (30 December 1913 – 15 December 1960) was a Brazilian-French film actress and screenwriter. She...
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  • Věra Černá (17 May 1963 – 30 September 2024) was a Czech artistic gymnast. She won the balance beam title at the 1979 World Championships. Černá died on...
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  • Thumbnail for Véra Nabokov
    Véra Yevseyevna Nabokova (née Slonim, Russian: Ве́ра Евсе́евна Набо́кова; 5 January 1902 – 7 April 1991) was the wife, editor, and translator of Russian...
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    Vera is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Today Vera is one of the most important commercial centres...
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    Alan Ernesto Vera García (October 26, 1990 – September 23, 2024) was a Cuban-American Greco-Roman wrestler. In 2015, he won a bronze medal at the 2015...
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    Věra Čáslavská (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvjɛra ˈtʃaːslafskaː]; 3 May 1942 – 30 August 2016) was a Czechoslovak artistic gymnast and Czech sports official...
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  • Vera Filatova (Ukrainian: Віра Філатова; born 6 November 1982), also known as Vera Graziadei,[citation needed] is a Ukrainian-British actress. She has...
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  • Billy Vera (born William Patrick McCord; May 28, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, actor, author, and music historian. He has been a singer and...
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    Vera Ralston (born Věra Helena Hrubá; July 12, 1919 or 1920 or 1921 or 1923  – February 9, 2003) was a Czech figure skater and actress. She later became...
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    Pistachio (redirect from Pistacia vera)
    pistachio (/pɪˈstɑːʃi.oʊ, -ˈstæʃ-/ pih-STAH-shee-oh, -⁠STASH-; Pistacia vera), a member of the cashew family, is a small to medium tree originating in...
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    Vera Fischer (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvɛɾa ˈfiʃeʁ]; born 27 November 1951) is a Brazilian actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss...
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