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ora¹

Rhymes with -ɔːɹə

Where it comes from

Unadapted borrowing from Latin.

noun

  1. plural plural of os (“anatomical opening”)

ora²

Rhymes with -ɔːɹə

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Old English ora. Doublet of ore.

noun oras

  1. historical A unit of money among the Anglo-Saxons.

Ora³

Where it comes from

* (given name): First appeared in the 19th century when similar sounding names like Cora, Dora and Nora were in fashion. Possibly shortened from Aurelia, sometimes spelled Ora Lee, or, Aura Lea, in the American civil war song.

* (Italian commune): Borrowed from Italian Ora

proper noun Oras

  1. countable, uncountable A diminutive of the female given name Aurelia, from Latin, variant of Aura. Mainly used in the U.S.A. in the latter half of the 19th century. Both ladies received me very graciously; but I was wholly unprepared for so much beauty as I discovered in Ora Doveton […]
  2. countable, uncountable A surname
  3. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative spelling of Auer (“German spelling”): A commune of South Tyrol, northern Italy (from the Italian spelling)

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Closest in meaning: igbo, onp, ss, hour, time, now, moment, serrata, mata, mouths, noble, geld, eorlcundman, eorl, carolus, edward

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@misc{ora_2026,
  title = {ora},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ora},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}