Sidra () is a given name meaning "Goddess of the
star
A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night, but their immense distances from Earth make ...
s" or "like a star". The name ''Sidrah'' is also an
Islamic
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or ''Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the main ...
name, short for
Sidrat al-Muntaha
The ''Sidrat al-Muntaha'' ( ar, سِدْرَة ٱلْمُنْتَهَىٰ, Sidrat al-Muntahā, lit=Lote Tree of the Farthest Boundary) is a large lote tree or Sidr tree that marks the utmost boundary in the seventh heaven, which no one can pa ...
, a
holy tree
A sacred tree is a tree which is considered to be sacred, or worthy of spiritual respect or reverence. Such trees appear throughout world history in various cultures including the ancient Greek, Hindu mythology, Celtic and Germanic mythologies ...
at the end of the seventh heaven.
People
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Sidra Sadaf, Pakistani woman cyclist
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Eddy Sidra (born 1989), Sudanese-born Canadian football player.
Fictional
*Sidra, the God of Destruction of Universe 9 in
Dragon Ball Super
is a Japanese manga series written by Akira Toriyama and illustrated by Toyotarou. A sequel to Toriyama's original ''Dragon Ball'' manga, it follows the adventures of Goku and friends during the ten-year timeskip after the defeat of Maj ...
*Sidra, one of the viewpoint characters in the novel ''
A Closed and Common Orbit
''A Closed and Common Orbit'' is a 2016 science fiction novel by Becky Chambers, published by Hodder and Stoughton. It is a sequel to her 2014 novel '' The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet''.
Synopsis
In the aftermath of the events in ''The L ...
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*On “Seinfeld,” Jerry's crush, played by Teri Hatcher
References
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