# Ora
## English
### Etymology

* (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

### Proper noun

Ora (countable and uncountable, plural Oras)
* A 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.
** 1859, William Harrison Ainsworth, The Life and Adventures of Mervyn Clitheroe, J. Routledge, published 1858, page 179:Both ladies received me very graciously; but I was wholly unprepared for so much beauty as I discovered in Ora Doveton […]
* A surname
* Alternative spelling of Auer (“German spelling”): A commune of South Tyrol, northern Italy (from the Italian spelling)

### Anagrams

* AOR, AoR, aro, Roa, OAR, ARO, ROA, Rao, oar

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From toponym Orania (“a town in South Africa”), from Oranje (“a river in South Africa”). Influenced by Latin aurum (“gold”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʊə.ra/

### Proper noun

Ora
* The local currency of Orania, an Afrikaner enclave in South Africa.

## Albanian
### Etymology

Compare orë (“mountain nymph”).

### Proper noun

Ora
* A female protective spirit.

## Finnish
### Etymology

< ora

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈorɑ/, [ˈo̞rɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -orɑ
* Hyphenation: O‧ra

### Proper noun

Ora
* a Finnish surname

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Ora (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Orani
Orani
accusative
nom.
Orani
Orani
gen.
Orani
genitive
Orani
Orieni Oraini $^{rare}$
partitive
Oraani
Oriani
inessive
Orassani
Orissani
elative
Orastani
Oristani
illative
Oraani
Oriini
adessive
Orallani
Orillani
ablative
Oraltani
Oriltani
allative
Oralleni
Orilleni
essive
Oranani
Orinani
translative
Orakseni
Orikseni
abessive
Orattani
Orittani
instructive
comitative
—Orineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Orasi
Orasi
accusative
nom.
Orasi
Orasi
gen.
Orasi
genitive
Orasi
Oriesi Oraisi $^{rare}$
partitive
Oraasi
Oriasi
inessive
Orassasi
Orissasi
elative
Orastasi
Oristasi
illative
Oraasi
Oriisi
adessive
Orallasi
Orillasi
ablative
Oraltasi
Oriltasi
allative
Orallesi
Orillesi
essive
Oranasi
Orinasi
translative
Oraksesi
Oriksesi
abessive
Orattasi
Orittasi
instructive
comitative
—Orinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Oramme
Oramme
accusative
nom.
Oramme
Oramme
gen.
Oramme
genitive
Oramme
Oriemme Oraimme $^{rare}$
partitive
Oraamme
Oriamme
inessive
Orassamme
Orissamme
elative
Orastamme
Oristamme
illative
Oraamme
Oriimme
adessive
Orallamme
Orillamme
ablative
Oraltamme
Oriltamme
allative
Orallemme
Orillemme
essive
Oranamme
Orinamme
translative
Oraksemme
Oriksemme
abessive
Orattamme
Orittamme
instructive
comitative
—Orinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Oranne
Oranne
accusative
nom.
Oranne
Oranne
gen.
Oranne
genitive
Oranne
Orienne Orainne $^{rare}$
partitive
Oraanne
Orianne
inessive
Orassanne
Orissanne
elative
Orastanne
Oristanne
illative
Oraanne
Oriinne
adessive
Orallanne
Orillanne
ablative
Oraltanne
Oriltanne
allative
Orallenne
Orillenne
essive
Orananne
Orinanne
translative
Oraksenne
Oriksenne
abessive
Orattanne
Orittanne
instructive
comitative
—Orinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Oransa
Oransa
accusative
nom.
Oransa
Oransa
gen.
Oransa
genitive
Oransa
Oriensa Orainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
Oraansa
Oriaan Oriansa
inessive
Orassaan Orassansa
Orissaan Orissansa
elative
Orastaan Orastansa
Oristaan Oristansa
illative
Oraansa
Oriinsa
adessive
Orallaan Orallansa
Orillaan Orillansa
ablative
Oraltaan Oraltansa
Oriltaan Oriltansa
allative
Oralleen Orallensa
Orilleen Orillensa
essive
Oranaan Oranansa
Orinaan Orinansa
translative
Orakseen Oraksensa
Orikseen Oriksensa
abessive
Orattaan Orattansa
Orittaan Orittansa
instructive
comitative
—Orineen Orinensa :

#### Statistics

* The surname Ora belongs to 236 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

## Italian
### Proper noun

Ora f
* Hora
* Auer (a commune of Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy)

#### Descendants

* English: Ora

### Anagrams

* -aro, aro, arò