# gora
## English
### Alternative forms

* gaura, ghora

### Etymology

From Hindustani گورا (gorā) / गोरा (gorā). In British Pakistani speech, influenced by Punjabi گورا (gorā).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈɡəʊɹə/, /-ɑː/
* (Indic) IPA: /ɡoːɾaː/

### Adjective

gora (comparative more gora, superlative most gora)
* (South Asia) Pertaining to a fair-skinned or European person. [from 19th c.]
** 2023, Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, The Centre, Picador, p. 41:
    Every day after that, my parents showed off their daughter's Urdu-speaking gora ‘friend’ to anyone who walked through the door.

### Noun

gora (plural goras)
* (British Pakistani, Pakistan, North India) A white person; a European. [from 19th c.]

#### Derived terms

* gora complex

#### References

* “gora”, in Collins English Dictionary.
* “gora”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* gora in A Dictionary of English Slang & Colloquialisms; Ted Duckworth.
* Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “gora”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

### Anagrams

* goar, Argo, Goar, rago, Rago, Agro, grao, agro, Garo, agro-

## Baatonum
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡō.rā/

### Noun

gora (plural gori, focus gora, plural focus goriya)
* brown horse; ginger horse

#### Related terms

* duma

## Balinese
### Romanization

gora
* Romanization of ᬕᭀᬭ
* Romanization of ᬖᭀᬭ

## Basque
### Etymology

From an earlier form goira (still in use in Biscayan), from goi (“up, high”) +‎ -ra (allative suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡoɾa/ [ɡo.ɾa]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -oɾa, -a
* Hyphenation: go‧ra

### Adverb

gora (comparative gorago, superlative goren, excessive goregi)
* up

### Interjection

gora
* long live

### References

* ↑ “goi” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

### Further reading

* “gora”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “gora”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Spanish gorra.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: go‧ra

### Noun

gora
* a baseball cap

## Galician
### Verb

gora
* inflection of gorar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

From Spanish gorra.

### Noun

gora
* bonnet, cap

## Italian
### Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from Lombardic wer (“dam, weir”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɔ.ra/
* Rhymes: -ɔra
* Hyphenation: gò‧ra

### Noun

gora f (plural gore)
* canal (for irrigation)
* mill race

### Anagrams

* Argo, agro, agro-, argo, roga

## Javanese
### Romanization

gora
* Romanization of ꦒꦺꦴꦫ

## Lower Sorbian
### Noun

gora f
* Superseded spelling of góra.

#### Declension
## North Moluccan Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡɔ.ɾa]
* Hyphenation: go‧ra

### Noun

gora
* rose apple (any of various Syzygium species)

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈkora/

### Verb

gora
* inflection of gorrat:
** present indicative connegative
** second-person singular imperative
** imperative connegative

## Nyishi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Indo-Aryan. Compare Hindi घोड़ा (ghoṛā).

### Noun

gora
* horse

#### References

* P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎, Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गौर (gaura, “white, yellowish, reddish, pale red”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡora/
* Rhymes: -ra
* Homophone: ghora
* Hyphenation: go‧ra

### Adjective

gora
* pale of skin

#### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦒꦺꦴꦫ (gora) (inherited)

### Further reading

* "gora" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Portuguese
### Verb

gora
* inflection of gorar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gora, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *garā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-. Cognate with Slovene gora.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡǒra/
* Hyphenation: go‧ra

### Noun

gòra f (Cyrillic spelling го̀ра)
* mountain
* (regional, Croatia) hill, highland
* (by extension, Croatia) forest, woods (forested hilly area)

#### Derived terms

* gòrskī
* gore

#### See also

* brijeg
* planina
* brdo
* hrib

### Further reading

* “gora”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *gora, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɔ̀ːra/
* Hyphenation: go‧ra

### Noun

góra f
* (geography) mountain
* (geography) forest, woods (forested hilly area)
    Šel je v goro po hlode. ― He went to the woods to get logs. (literally, “He went to the woods for logs.”)
* (regional) vineyard
* (colloquial) heap, pile, mountain (a large mass of something)
    cela gora smeti ― a whole heap of rubbish

#### Derived terms

* gọ̑rnji
* gór
* zgóraj

### Further reading

* “gora”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “gora”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* gura

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈɡoɾa/ [ˈɡoː.ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -oɾa
* Syllabification: go‧ra

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish gorra.

#### Noun

gora (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜇ) (dated)
* cap
    Synonyms: sombrero, sumbalilo, syorpit
* bonnet
    Synonym: bonete

### Etymology 2

From blend of English go +‎ tara.

#### Noun

gora (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜇ) (gay slang)
* act of going (moving to a certain place or person)
    Synonyms: pumunta, magpunta
* act of proceeding
    Synonym: tuloy

##### Alternative forms

* gowra

##### Derived terms

* gorabels
* gorahan
* gumora

### Further reading

* “gora”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018