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[[Image:Kiara.PNG|frame|right|Cub Kiara]]
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'''Kiara''' is a [[lioness]] character in the [[1998]] [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] [[direct-to-video]] [[Film|movie]] ''[[The Lion King II: Simba's Pride]]'', the sequel to [[1994]]'s ''[[The Lion King]]''. She was voiced as a cub by [[Michelle Horn]] and as an adult by [[Neve Campbell]].
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* [[Irish language|Irish]]
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* [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
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'''Kiara''' ({{IPAc-en|k|i|ˈ|ɑr|ə}} {{respell|kee|AR|ə}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɪər|ə}} {{respell|KEER|ə}}) is a [[given name]] with various origins.
==Kiara in ''The Lion King II: Simba's Pride''==
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It may be a variant of the [[Italian language|Italian]] name [[Chiara (name)|Chiara]], meaning ''[[brightness|bright]]'', or the [[Irish language|Irish]] name [[Ciara (given name)|Ciara]], meaning ''[[Black hair|dark-haired]]''.<ref> {{cite book |last1=Hanks|first1= Patrick| last2=Hardcastle|first2=Kate |last3=Hodges| first3=Flavia| author-link= |date= 2006|title= Oxford Dictionary of First Names|url= |___location= |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=54, 56, 57, 158|isbn= 0-19-861060-2}}</ref>
Kiara is the daughter of [[Simba]] and [[Nala (The Lion King)|Nala]], the sister of [[Kopa]] and future queen of the Pridelands. She is mischievous and adventurous like her father was as a cub. Simba is very protective of her, and has [[Timon (Lion King)|Timon]] and [[Pumbaa]] be her babysitters. After slipping away from them when they began arguing about bugs, she finds herself wandering into the mysterious Outlands (where those loyal to [[Scar (The Lion King)|Scar]] were exiled).
 
In Japan, Kiara is an uncommon name typically given to males; its meaning is dependent upon the characters used to spell the name. It has also been used for girls in Japan in recent years and classified as part of a [[fad|trend]] for ''kira-kira'' or ''[[gloss (optics)|shiny]]'' names notable for using uncommon [[kanji]] characters to spell names that have novel meanings or pronunciations. For instance, the given name of Kiara Sato ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]: 佐藤 妃星), a member of the Japanese idol girl group [[AKB48]] Team 4, uses [[kanji]] characters meaning ''[[princess]]'' and ''[[star]]''.<ref>{{cite web
After stumbling on a log she bumps into the cub [[Kovu]]. As he walks toward her she tries to stay face-to-face with him, because her father told her that you should "never turn your back on an Outsider."
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| title = Kira-kira Names: When Japanese Names Become Too Kawaii to Understand
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| title = New Light on the Riddle of Kirakira Names in Japanese
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==Usage==
Eventually the two walk onto what they believe are stones in the water. The stones turn out to be [[Crocodile|crocodiles]] and they are attacked by them. They escape, and begin to laugh with each other. Kiara starts hopping about, hoping to play tag with Kovu, but he doesn't understand what she is doing. Then she begins to growl playfully, but as Kovu tries to join her, he is terrified to see Simba roar in front of him. [[Zira]] leaps out of the bushes where she had been watching the cubs, and the two adult lions confront each other.
The name has been in wide use worldwide. In the United States it has been among the top 1,000 names for newborn girls since 1988. It also has been rarely used for American boys.<ref>{{cite web
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| title = Popularity of name Kiara
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| publisher = United States Social Security Administration
| access-date = 6 November 2022
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| archive-date = 2 February 2018
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==People==
Kiara and Kovu are saddened and say goodbye to each other as they are carried away in the mouths of their parents. When Kiara gets home, Simba scolds her and tells her that she could have been killed. She says she didn't mean to disobey him. Simba begins to sing about the two of them being part of each other ("We Are One").
*[[Kiara (singer)]] (born 1963), Venezuelan singer-songwriter
*[[Kiara Advani]] (born 1992), Indian actress
*[[Kiara Bisaro]] (born 1975), Canadian mountain biker
*[[Kiara Bowers]] (born 1991), Australian rules footballer
*[[Kiara Brinkman]] (born 1979), American writer
*[[Kiara Fontanesi]] (born 1994), Italian professional motocross racer
*[[Kiara Fontanilla]] (born 2000) American-born soccer player for the [[Philippines women's national football team]]
*[[Kiara Kabukuru]] (born 1975), American fashion model
*[[Kiara Laetitia]] (born 1979), Italian rock singer and entrepreneur
*[[Kiara Leslie]] (born 1995), American professional basketball player
*[[Kiara Muhammad]] (born 1998), American actress
*[[Kiara Munteanu]] (born 1997), Australian gymnast
*[[Kiara Nirghin]] (born 2000), South African inventor, scientist and speaker
*[[Kiara Nowlin]] (born 1995), American gymnast
*[[Kiara Ortega]] (born 1993), Puerto Rican dancer and beauty pageant title holder
*[[Kiki Pickett|Kiara “Kiki” Pickett]] (born 1999), American professional soccer player
*[[Kiara Rodriguez]] (born 2002), Ecuadoran Paralympic athlete
*[[=Love|Kiara Saitō]] (齋藤樹愛羅)(born 2004), [[Japanese idol]]
*[[Kiara Sasso]] (born 1979), Brazilian actress
*Kiara Sato (佐藤妃星) (born 2000), a member of [[AKB48]] Team 4, [[Japanese idol]]<ref> https://48pedia.org/佐藤妃星</ref>
*Kiara Lopes (born 2010) Brazilian/English model, dancer, actress.
 
==Fiction==
[[Image:AdultKiara.PNG|frame|left|Adult Kiara]] The years pass, and Kiara grows into a young adult. On the day of her first hunt, everyone is excited for her. She tells Simba that she wants to do it on her own without Timon and Pumbaa following her. Despite promising to the contrary, he sends them after her anyway. Upon discovering them, Kiara becomes angry and rushes off, determined to do her hunting away from the Pridelands.
*Kiara, fictional character in the film ''[[List of The Lion King characters#Kiara|The Lion King II: Simba's Pride]]''
*Kiara “Kie” Carrera, a character in the Netflix series ''[[Outer Banks (TV series)|Outer Banks]]''
*Sessyoin Kiara, fictional character in the PSP game [[Fate/Extra CCC|Fate/Extra: CCC]] and mobile gacha game [[Fate/Grand Order]]
 
==See also==
Meanwhile, Zira is setting her plan in motion, and her children [[Nuka (The Lion King II)|Nuka]] and [[Vitani]] are setting a fire in the [[savanna]]. To her horror, Kiara finds herself in the middle of the fire and soon passes out from the smoke. Zira sends Kovu, now an adult, to rescue her. He drags her to safety, but when Kiara wakes up, she is upset because he brought her back to the Pridelands. When she realizes that it is Kovu, however, she is happy to see him.
*[[Kiiara]] (Kiara Saulters, born 1995), American singer
*[[Kiara (disambiguation)]]
*[[Keira (disambiguation)]]
 
==Notes==
Simba shows up and confronts Kovu, but [[Rafiki]] brings up the fact that the young lion saved Kiara's life. Simba asks why and Kovu responds by saying that he'd like to join the pride. It is explained that Simba is in Kovu's debt, and when he finally decides to give him a chance, Kiara is overjoyed.
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That night, Kovu tells Kiara that he could teach her how to hunt, and she accepts his offer, saying that they will start at dawn. The next morning, unbeknownst to Kiara, Kovu is getting ready to attack Simba when he is off-guard and drinking from the water hole. She jumps in front of him before he can take action. Kovu begins to give her her hunting lesson, and soon they run into Timon and Pumbaa. Timon explains that for once, they're not following her, and that the place they're at is the best place to find bugs. However, some birds have gathered there and are eating all of the bugs. Timon asks Kovu and Kiara to roar to chase them away, and Kiara shows a puzzled Kovu how to do so. He wonders what this training is for, but she tells him that this is not training, but merely just for fun. He doesn't seem to understand what "fun" means, but soon finds out and has a good time.
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Later on, they gaze up at the sky, looking at star formations. Something, however, seems to be bothering Kovu, but just as he gets up to leave, he is confronted by Rafiki, who tells the two lions to follow him. He takes them to a place called Upendi (which means "love" in [[Swahili]]). They laugh and sing on the way back to Pride Rock.
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The next day, Kiara is shocked to find her father injured. He explains, weakly, that it was an ambush that had to do with Kovu. When Kovu returns to the Pridelands, Simba exiles him. Kiara is extremely upset by this, and runs away to find him. When they meet up with each other again, Kovu suggests that they start their own pride somewhere else, but Kiara tells him if they don't go back to their own prides, they'll be divided forever.
 
They return to the Pridelands to find that the Outlanders and Pridelanders are facing off. Kiara and Kovu leap between their fighting parents and tell them that the fighting has to stop. Kiara reminds her father of what he told her when she was a cub, "we are one." He understands, as do all of the Outlander lionesses, who desert Zira. Zira refuses to surrender and leaps at Simba. Suddenly, Kiara jumps in front of her father and both she and Zira tumble down into the gorge. The log dam has broken and water is rushing below them. Kiara tries to grab Zira's paw, hoping she can pull her up, but Zira slips and falls to her death. Kiara is rescued and when Simba sees Kovu and Kiara together, he decides that Kovu belongs in the Pridelands.
 
Kovu and Kiara are wed. Simba, Nala, Kovu and Kiara ascend Pride Rock and roar out across the kingdom.
 
==Trivia and facts==
*In the DVD game ''[[Who Wants to Be King of the Jungle?]]'', one of the trivia questions is about the welcoming of a possible future child of Kiara and [[Kovu]].
 
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