Ora
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ora"
English edit
Etymology edit
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.
Proper noun edit
Ora
- A female given name from Latin. Mainly used in the U.S.A. in the latter half of the 19th century.
- 1859, William Harrison Ainsworth, The Life and Adventures of Mervyn Clitheroe, J. Routledge, published 1858, page 179:
- Both ladies received me very graciously; but I was wholly unprepared for so much beauty as I discovered in Ora Doveton […]
- Italian spelling of Auer, in South Tyrol, northern Italy.
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From toponym Orania (“a town in South Africa”), from Oranje (“a river in South Africa”). Influenced by Latin aurum (“gold”).
Pronunciation edit
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Ora
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Compare orë (“mountain nymph”).
Proper noun edit
Ora
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
< ora
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ora
- a Finnish surname
Declension edit
Inflection of Ora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Ora | Orat | ||
genitive | Oran | Orien | ||
partitive | Oraa | Oria | ||
illative | Oraan | Oriin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Ora | Orat | ||
accusative | nom. | Ora | Orat | |
gen. | Oran | |||
genitive | Oran | Orien Orainrare | ||
partitive | Oraa | Oria | ||
inessive | Orassa | Orissa | ||
elative | Orasta | Orista | ||
illative | Oraan | Oriin | ||
adessive | Oralla | Orilla | ||
ablative | Oralta | Orilta | ||
allative | Oralle | Orille | ||
essive | Orana | Orina | ||
translative | Oraksi | Oriksi | ||
abessive | Oratta | Oritta | ||
instructive | — | Orin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- The surname Ora belongs to 236 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Italian edit
Proper noun edit
Ora f