Nora

Alternative forms

• Norah

Etymology

Short form of Eleanor or, rarely, of Honora.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːrə

Proper noun

Nora

1. A female given name..

Anagrams

• Arno, Aron, NRAO, Oran, roan

Proper noun

Nora f

1. A female given name., cognate to Nora

Etymology

Short form of Eleonora.

Proper noun

Nora

1. A female given name..

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Nora f

1. A female given name..

Proper noun

Nora f

1. A female given name.

Etymology

Short form of Eleonora / Eleonore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnoːʀa]

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• Hyphenation: No‧ra

Proper noun

Nora

1. A female given name..

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Nora f

1. A female given name..

References

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

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 — ?

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔra/

Proper noun

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

1. A female given name..

Further reading

• Nora in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Proper noun

Nora c (genitive Noras)

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