Meanings
ora1
- pluralplural of os (“anatomical opening”)
ora2
Ora3
plural Oras
- countableuncountableA diminutive of the female given name Aurelia, from Latin, variant of Aura. Mainly used in the U.S.A. in the latter half of the 19th century.
Both ladies received me very graciously; but I was wholly unprepared for so much beauty as I discovered in Ora Doveton […]
1859, William Harrison Ainsworth, The Life and Adventures of Mervyn Clitheroe, J. Routledge, published 1858, page 179 - countableuncountableA surname
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of Auer (“German spelling”): A commune of South Tyrol, northern Italy (from the Italian spelling)
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
ora · noun
- Old Englishora
- Englishora
Learned borrowing from Old English ora. Doublet of ore.
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- ItalianOra
- EnglishOra
* (given name): First appeared in the 19th century when similar sounding names like Cora, Dora and Nora were in fashion. Possibly shortened from Aurelia, sometimes spelled Ora Lee, or, Aura Lea, in the American civil war song. * (Italian commune): Borrowed from Italian Ora
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Rhymes with ora
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Cite this entry
ora. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ora
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