Mora

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Translingual

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Mora excelsa

Etymology 1

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From New Latin, perhaps from Old Tupi; compare English mora (tree of the genus).

Proper noun

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Mora f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain timber trees of the tropical Americas.
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

a depiction of Mora moro

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Mora f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Moridae – common mora, deep-sea fishes.
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Further reading

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plant
fish

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology 1

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Proper noun

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Mora

  1. A female given name
  2. A city, the county seat of Kanabec County, Minnesota, United States. Named after Mora, Sweden, see also Swedish Mora.
  3. A census-designated place, the county seat of Mora County, New Mexico, United States.
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Etymology 2

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From the surnames of the German inventors, Franz Morell and Erich Rasche.

Proper noun

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Mora

  1. bioresonance therapy

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German

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Etymology 1

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Unadapted borrowing from Latin mora.

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Noun

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Mora f (genitive Mora, plural Moren)

  1. (phonology) mora
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Italian morra, whose etymology is unknown.

Noun

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Mora f (genitive Mora, no plural)

  1. morra

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Portuguese

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Mora f

  1. A village and municipality of Évora district, Portugal
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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmoɾa/ [ˈmo.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -oɾa
  • Syllabification: Mo‧ra

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Mora m or f by sense

  1. a surname

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Mora n (genitive Moras)

  1. A town and municipality of Dalarna County, in central Sweden

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish موره (Mora), from Byzantine Greek Μορέας (Moréas) and Μωριάς (Mōriás), from μορέα (moréa, mulberry) either from its presence in the area or from a supposed resemblance of the shape of the Peloponnese to its leaves, used in sericulture.

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Mora

  1. Peloponnese (a peninsula in Greece)
  2. (historical) Morea (an eyalet in the Ottoman Empire)