Mora

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mora"

Translingual

Mora excelsa

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Mora f

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

Hypernyms

• (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

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

Etymology 2

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

a depiction of Mora moro

Proper noun

Mora f

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

Synonyms

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

Hypernyms

• (genus of fish): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Osteichthyes – superclass; Actinopterygii – superclass; Actinopteri – class; Neopterygii – subclass; Teleostei – infraclass; Paracanthopterygii – superorder; Gadiformes – order; Moridae – family

Hyponyms

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

Further reading

plant

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

fish

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

English

Etymology 1

Proper noun

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.
4. A town and municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden.

Derived terms

• Mora County
• Mora River

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

Mora

1. bioresonance therapy

Anagrams

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

German

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from Latin mora.

Alternative forms

• More

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːʁa/

Noun

Mora f (genitive Mora, plural Moren)

1. (phonology) mora

Declension

Declension of Mora [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Mora	die	Moren
genitive	einer	der	Mora	der	Moren
dative	einer	der	Mora	den	Moren
accusative	eine	die	Mora	die	Moren

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian morra, whose etymology is unknown.

Noun

Mora f (genitive Mora, no plural)

1. morra

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ɾɐ/

• Audio (Portugal):

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• Homophone: mora

Proper noun

Mora f

1. a village and municipality of Évora district, Portugal

Related terms

• morense

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mora m or f by sense

1. a surname

Derived terms

• Rosario de Mora

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Mora n (genitive Moras)

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

Derived terms

• moraklocka
• morakniv

Anagrams

• moar, orma

Turkish

Etymology

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

Mora

1. Peloponnese (a peninsula in Greece, separated from mainland Europe by the Gulf of Corinth and connected to it by the Isthmus of Corinth)
2. (historical) Morea (an eyalet in the Ottoman Empire)