Nora

See also: nora, norã, noră, and Nóra

English

Nora.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Short form of Eleanor or, rarely, of Honora.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔːrə/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːrə

Proper noun

Nora

  1. A female given name.

Derived terms

Anagrams


Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnora]

Proper noun

Nora f

  1. A female given name, equivalent to English Nora

Danish

Etymology

Short form of Eleonora.

Proper noun

Nora

  1. A female given name.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Nora f

  1. A female given name.
  • Noortje

Faroese

Proper noun

Nora f

  1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Nora: Noruson
  • daughter of Nora: Norudóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Nora
Accusative Noru
Dative Noru
Genitive Noru

German

Etymology

Short form of Eleonora / Eleonore.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnoːʀa]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: No‧ra

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.

Norwegian

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 — ?

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔra/

Proper noun

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

  1. A female given name.

Declension

Further reading

  • Nora in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swedish

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
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