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Etymology · Ancient Greek

Ὧραι

2 English words descend from Ancient Greek Ὧραι, most common first.

HoraeThe goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of the times of the year, and the laws and orders of time; originally the personifications of nature in its different seasonal aspects, but in later times regarded as goddesses of order in general and of natural justice.
Horaia mythical paradise of Taoist immortals in Japanese mythology based on Penglai from Chinese mythology