Mora
Translingual edit
Etymology 1 edit
From New Latin, perhaps from Old Tupi; compare English mora (“tree of the genus”).
Proper noun edit
Mora f
Hypernyms edit
- (genus of plant): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family Caesalpinioideae - subfamily; Caesalpinieae - tribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus of plant): Mora abbottii, Mora ekmanii, Mora excelsa (nato), Mora gonggrijpii (nato), Mora megistosperma, Mora oleifera, Mora paraensis - species
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun edit
Mora f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Moridae – common mora, deep-sea fishes.
Synonyms edit
- (genus of fish): goodly-eyed cod, googly-eyed cod, ribaldo
Hypernyms edit
- (genus of fish): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Paracanthopterygii - superorder; Gadiformes - order; Moridae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus of fish): Mora moro (common mora) - sole species
Further reading edit
- plant
- Mora (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mora (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- fish
- Common mora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mora (Moridae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Proper noun edit
Mora
- A female given name
- A city, the county seat of Kanabec County, Minnesota, United States. Named after Mora, Sweden, see also Swedish Mora.
- A census-designated place, the county seat of Mora County, New Mexico, United States.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From the surnames of the German inventors, Franz Morell and Erich Rasche.
Proper noun edit
Mora
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology 1 edit
Unadapted borrowing from Latin mora.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Mora f (genitive Mora, plural Moren)
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Italian morra, whose etymology is unknown.
Noun edit
Mora f (genitive Mora, no plural)
Further reading edit
- Mora on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Mora” in Duden online
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Mora f
- A village and municipality of Évora district, Portugal
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Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Mora m or f by sense
- a surname
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Swedish edit
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Proper noun edit
Mora n (genitive Moras)
- A town and municipality of Dalarna County, in central Sweden
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Turkish edit
Etymology edit
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.
Proper noun edit
Mora
- Peloponnese (a peninsula in Greece)
- (historical) Morea (an eyalet in the Ottoman Empire)