Nora

See also: nora, norã, noră, nøra, and Nóra

English

Nora.

Alternative forms

• Norah

Etymology

Short form of Eleanor or, rarely, of Honora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔːɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɔːɹə

Proper noun

Nora

1. A female given name.

Derived terms

• bloody Nora
• flaming Nora
• flipping Nora

Anagrams

• Arno, Aron, NRAO, Oran, Rona, roan, rona

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnora]

Proper noun

Nora f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Nora

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Danish

Etymology

Short form of Eleonora.

Proper noun

Nora

1. a female given name

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Dutch

Etymology

Shortening of Eleonora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoː.raː/

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• Hyphenation: No‧ra

Proper noun

Nora f

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Noor
• Noortje

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Faroese

Proper noun

Nora f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Nora: Noruson
• daughter of Nora: Norudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Nora
Accusative	Noru
Dative	Noru
Genitive	Noru

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German

Etymology

Short form of Eleonora / Eleonore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnoːʁa]

• Audio (Austria):

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• Hyphenation: No‧ra

Proper noun

Nora

1. a female given name

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Latvian

Etymology

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1792. Short form of Eleonora.

Proper noun

Nora f

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Leonora

References

• Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
• [1] Population Register of Latvia: Nora was the only given name of 853 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

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Lithuanian

Proper noun

Nora f

1. a female given name

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Norwegian

Etymology

Mostly a diminutive form of Eleonora, but also interpreted as a feminine form of the Old Norse given name Nóri, as a personification of Norway.

Proper noun

Nora

1. a female given name
   • 1879 Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem (Translated as A Doll's House by R. Farquharson Sharp), the closing lines:

     Nora! Nora! Tomt. Hun er ikke mer. Det vidunderligste — ?!

     Nora! Nora! Empty. She is gone. The most wonderful thing of all — ?

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Romanian

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Nora f

1. a female given name

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔra/

Proper noun

Nora f (genitive singular Nory, nominative plural Nory, declension pattern of žena)

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Nora

	singular	plural
nominative	Nora	Nory
genitive	Nory	Nôr
dative	Nore	Norám
accusative	Noru	Nory
locative	Nore	Norách
instrumental	Norou	Norami

Further reading

• “Nora”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Swedish

Proper noun

Nora c (genitive Noras)

1. a female given name, short form of Eleonora
2. A town in Västmanland, in central Sweden

Anagrams

• -orna, Aron, anor