Mora

 

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

Mora f

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

• (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

• (genus of plant): Mora abbottii, Mora ekmanii, Mora excelsa (nato), Mora gonggrijpii (nato), Mora megistosperma, Mora oleifera, Mora paraensis - species

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

 

Mora f

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

• (genus of fish): goodly-eyed cod, googly-eyed cod, ribaldo

• (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

• (genus of fish): Mora moro (common mora) - sole species

plant

•   Mora (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Mora (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

fish

•   Common mora on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Mora (Moridae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

 

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Mora

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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.

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

Mora

1. bioresonance therapy

• moar, roam, Maor, Roma, Oram, Omar, Amor, armo, amor, roma, Ramo, Armo

Unadapted borrowing from Latin mora.

• More

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːʁa/

Mora f (genitive Mora, plural Moren)

1. (phonology) mora

Borrowed from Italian morra, whose etymology is unknown.

Mora f (genitive Mora, no plural)

1. morra

•   Mora on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Mora” in Duden online

• Audio (Portugal):

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• Homophone: mora

Mora f

1. A village and municipality of Évora district, Portugal

• morense

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

Mora m or f by sense

1. a surname

 

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Mora

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Mora n (genitive Moras)

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

• moraklocka
• morakniv

• moar, orma

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.

Mora

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