Meanings
Maura1
- A female given name from Irish or Scottish Gaelic, of English, Scottish and Irish usage, variant of Mary.
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Fentanyl represents the latest wave of a rolling drug epidemic that has been fueled by prescription painkillers, as addicts continue to seek higher highs and cheaper fixes. “It started out as an opioid epidemic, then heroin, but now it’s a fentanyl epidemic,” Maura Healey, the attorney general of Massachusetts, said in an interview.
2016 March 25, Katharine Q. Seelye, “Heroin Epidemic Is Yielding to a Deadlier Cousin: Fentanyl”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2021 - A female given name from Italian, masculine equivalent Mauro.
Maura2
Origin
Maura · proper noun
- ItalianMaura
- Scottish GaelicMàiri
- IrishMáire
- EnglishMaura
Either from Irish Máire and Scottish Gaelic Màiri, or from Italian Maura. When borrowed from Irish, a doublet of Moira.
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- Catalan, French, and ItalianMaura
- EnglishMaura
Borrowed from Catalan, French, and Italian Maura.
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Maura. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maura
“Maura.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maura. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Maura,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Maura.
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