Mora
A female given name
A city, the county seat of Kanabec County, Minnesota, United States. Named after Mora, Sweden, see also Swedish Mora.
A census-designated place, the county seat of Mora County, New Mexico, United States.
From the surnames of the German inventors, Franz Morell and Erich Rasche.
Mora
bioresonance therapy
• Amor, Omar, Roma, moar, roam, roma
mora (plural morae or moras)
(Scottish law) A delay in bringing a claim.
(poetics) A unit used to measure lines and stanzas of poetry.
(phonology) A unit of syllable weight used in phonology, by which stress, foot structure, or timing of utterance is determined in some languages (e.g. Japanese).
New Latin from a botanical name, perhaps from Tupi.
mora (plural moras)
(botany) Any tree of the genus Mora of large South American trees.
mora (plural moras)
The common mora (Mora moro)
• (common mora): ribaldo, goodly-eyed cod (US), googly-eyed cod (NZ)
mora (uncountable)
Alternative form of morra (finger-counting game)
mora (plural morai)
(historical, military) An ancient Spartan military unit of about a sixth of the Spartan army, typically composed of hoplites.
• Amor, Omar, Roma, moar, roam, roma
Source: Wiktionary
Mor"a, n. Etym: [It.]
Definition: A game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick movement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lower classes.
Mo"ra, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A leguminous tree of Guiana and Trinidad (Dimorphandra excelsa); also, its timber, used in shipbuilding and making furniture.
Mo"ra, n. Etym: [L.] (Rom. & Civil Law)
Definition: Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 April 2025
(noun) a gymnastic exercise performed starting from a position with the legs over the upper body and moving to an erect position by arching the back and swinging the legs out and down while forcing the chest upright
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
