Nora

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nora"

English

Nora.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Short form of Eleanor or, rarely, of Honora.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nora

  1. A female given name.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Czech

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nora f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Nora

Declension

Declension of Nora (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative Nora Nory
genitive Nory Nor
dative Noře Norám
accusative Noru Nory
vocative Noro Nory
locative Noře Norách
instrumental Norou Norami

Danish

Etymology

Short form of Eleonora.

Proper noun

Nora

  1. a female given name

Dutch

Etymology

Shortening of Eleonora.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnoː.raː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: No‧ra

Proper noun

Nora f

  1. a female given name

Faroese

Proper noun

Nora f

  1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Nora
Accusative Noru
Dative Noru
Genitive Noru

German

Etymology

Short form of Eleonora / Eleonore.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nora

  1. a female given name

Latvian

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.

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Nora f

  1. a female given name

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Alternative forms

Etymology

Feminine form of the Old Norse given name Nóri, Nórr. Also a short form of Eleonora. Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Nóra.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nora f

  1. a female given name from Old Norse, masculine equivalent Nore

References

  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 11 949 females with the given name Nora living in Norway on January 1st 2022, with the frequency peak in the 2000s and 2010s. Accessed on 14th December, 2022.

Romanian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nora f

  1. a female given name

Slovak

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

  1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Nora
singular plural
nominative Nora Nory
genitive Nory Nôr
dative Nore Norám
accusative Noru Nory
locative Nore Norách
instrumental Norou Norami

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnoɾa/
  • Rhymes: -oɾa
  • Syllabification: No‧ra

Proper noun

Nora f

  1. a female given name

Swedish

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nora c (genitive Noras)

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

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