name
Meaning 1
A female given name.
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Standard Lemma guide
mora
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/ˈmɔːɹə/
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CMU ARPABET: M AO1 R AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A city, the county seat of Kanabec County, Minnesota, United States. Named after Mora, Sweden, see also Swedish Mora.
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name
Meaning 3
A census-designated place, the county seat of Mora County, New Mexico, United States.
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name
Meaning 4
A town and municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden.
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name
Meaning 5
bioresonance therapy
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noun
Meaning 6
A delay in bringing a claim.
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Qualifier: Scots law
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noun
Meaning 7
A unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry.
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Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
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noun
Meaning 8
A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese).
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Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 9
Any tree of the genus Mora of large South American trees.
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Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 10
The common mora (Mora moro).
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noun
Meaning 11
Alternative form of morra (“finger-counting game”).
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 12
An ancient Spartan military unit of about a sixth of the Spartan army, typically composed of hoplites.
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Usage: historical
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 13
Alternative form of morah (“stool”).
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Usage: India, alt-of, alternative
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History
Etymology
From the surnames of the German inventors, Franz Morell and Erich Rasche.
Learned borrowing from Latin mora (“duration of time, delay”).
From New Latin from a botanical name, from Tupi moira-tinga and/or Arawak mora.
Etymology tree Ancient Greek μείρομαι (meíromai) Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek μόρᾱ (mórā)lbor. English mora Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μόρᾱ (mórā).
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: мо́ра (móra) — (poetry) unit to measure lines
- German: Mora — (poetry) unit to measure lines
- German: More — (poetry) unit to measure lines
- Russian: мора (mora) — (poetry) unit to measure lines
- Bulgarian: мо́ра (móra) — (phonology) unit of syllable weight
- Chinese Mandarin: 莫拉 (mòlā) — (phonology) unit of syllable weight
- French: more — (phonology) unit of syllable weight
- German: Mora — (phonology) unit of syllable weight
- German: More — (phonology) unit of syllable weight
- Japanese: モラ — (phonology) unit of syllable weight
- Japanese: モーラ — (phonology) unit of syllable weight
- Japanese: 拍 (haku) — (phonology) unit of syllable weight
- Romanian: moră — (phonology) unit of syllable weight
- Russian: мора (mora) — (phonology) unit of syllable weight
- Spanish: mora — (phonology) unit of syllable weight
- Turkish: bürünbirimcik — (phonology) unit of syllable weight
- Turkish: mora — (phonology) unit of syllable weight
- Czech: morida obecná — Mora moro
- Spanish: merluza canaria — Mora moro
- Spanish: mollera moranella — Mora moro
- Ancient Greek: μόρᾰ (móră) — ancient Spartan military unit