Meaning and Origin
What does the name Mora mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Mora
User Submitted Origins
Spanish
54%
Arabic
20%
English
9%
Gaelic
6%
Slang
3%
Portuguese
3%
Slavic
3%
Indonesian
3%
User Submitted Meanings
- A submission from Illinois, U.S. says the name Mora means "blackberry in spanish".
- A user from Illinois, U.S. says the name Mora means "blackberry in spanish, star of the sea, and dark skinned girl in other languages".
- A submission from New York, U.S. says the name Mora means "Blackberry" and is of Spanish origin.
- A submission from Virginia, U.S. says the name Mora means "Unit of weight" and is of Slavic origin.
- A user from Argentina says the name Mora is of Arabic origin and means "It cames from the tribe 'moros' from Arab".
International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun ‖Mor"a
A game of guessing the number of fingers extended in a quick movement of the hand, -- much played by Italians of the lower classes.
Etymology: It
noun Mo"ra
A leguminous tree of Guiana and Trinidad (Dimorphandra excelsa); also, its timber, used in shipbuilding and making furniture.
noun ‖Mo"ra
Delay; esp., culpable delay; postponement.
Etymology: L
Wiktionary
From Latin mora (“duration of time, delay”).
- (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.
- (botany) Any tree of the genus Mora of large South American trees.
From the Ancient Greek μόρᾰ (móra).
- An ancient Spartan military unit of about a sixth of the Spartan army, typically composed of hoplites.
mora was also found in the following language(s): Italian, Latin, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Pali, Portuguese, Scots, Serbo-Croatian, and Spanish