Nora
English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Short form of Eleanor or, rarely, of Honora.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nora
- A female given name.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nora f
- a female given name, equivalent to English Nora
Danish
Etymology
Short form of Eleonora.
Proper noun
Nora
- a female given name.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Nora f
- a female given name.
Related terms
Faroese
Proper noun
Nora f
- 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 |
German
Etymology
Short form of Eleonora / Eleonore.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nora
- a female given name.
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1792. Short form of Eleonora.
Proper noun
Nora f
- a female given name.
Related terms
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.
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
- 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 — ?
- Nora! Nora! Tomt. Hun er ikke mer. Det vidunderligste — ?!
- 1879 Henrik Ibsen, Et dukkehjem (Translated as A Doll's House by R. Farquharson Sharp), the closing lines:
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nora f
- a female given name.
Declension
Declension of Nora
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
Swedish
Proper noun
Nora c (genitive Noras)
- a female given name, short form of Eleonora.
- A town in Västmanland, in central Sweden
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