Dora may stand for:

Arts and entertainment

Television

* Dora (''Dora the Explorer''), a fictional character in the ''Dora the Explorer'' franchise ** ''Dora the Explorer'' (TV series), 2000–2019 ** ''Dora'' (TV series), a 2024 reboot of the original series * ''Dora'', series 2 of the 1973 British sitcom '' Both Ends Meet''

Film

* ''Dora'' (1933 film), a British comedy * '' Dora or the Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents'', a 2015 Swiss drama * ''Dora'' (2017 film), a Tamil horror thriller * Dora, fictional tribal chieftains in the 2023 Indian film '' Salaar''

Other uses in arts and entertainment

Dora Mavor Moore Awards The Dora Mavor Moore Awards (also known as the Dora Awards or the Doras) are awards presented annually by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA), honouring theatre, dance and opera productions in Toronto. Named after Dora Mavor Moor ...

, or the Doras, by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts * "Dora", a song by Ambitious Lovers from the 1984 album ''

Envy Envy is an emotion which occurs when a person lacks another's quality, skill, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it. Envy can also refer to the wish for another person to lack something one already ...

'' * Dora, bonus tiles in Japanese mahjong * Dora festival, selection event for

Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest Croatia has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 30 times since making its debut at the . The Croatian participating broadcaster in the contest is (HRT), which has selected its entrant at the Dora festival since 1993, excluding from ...

Military

* Dora, the name of a

Schwerer Gustav Schwerer Gustav (English: ''Heavy Gustav'') was a German railway gun. It was developed in the late 1930s by Krupp in Rügenwalde as siege artillery for the explicit purpose of destroying the main forts of the French Maginot Line, the stronges ...

World War II railway gun *

Dora I Dora I (Dora 1) is a former Nazi Germany, German submarine base and submarine pen or bunker built in Trondheim, Norway. Construction of the bunker (designated by the Germans as DORA I) was undertaken during the Second World War. Nearby is the un ...

, and

Dora II Dora II (Dora 2) is an unfinished Nazi Germany, German submarine base and submarine pen or bunker in Trondheim, Norway, which is next to Dora I (Dora 1). Construction of the bunker (designated by the Germans as DORA II) was undertaken during the Se ...

, German U-boat bases in Trondheim, Norway * Dora, nickname of the

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 The Focke-Wulf Fw 190, nicknamed ''Würger'' (Shrike) is a German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank at Focke-Wulf in the late 1930s and widely used during World War II. Along with its well-known counterpart, the ...

D German fighter aircraft

People and fictional characters

Dora (given name) Dora () is a female name of Greek origin, being a shortened form or derived from Dorothea ( Dorothy) and Theodora (masculine Theodore), meaning "gift" or in its full form "god's gift", from , ''doron'', "gift" + , ''theos'', "god". The name Dor ...

, including a list of people and fictional characters *

Dora (case study) Dora is the pseudonym given by Sigmund Freud to a patient whom he diagnosed with hysteria, and treated for about eleven weeks in 1900. Her most manifest hysterical symptom was aphonia, or loss of voice. The patient's real name was Ida Bauer (1 ...

, pseudonym given by Sigmund Freud to Ida Bauer (1882–1945), a patient he treated *

Sister Dora Dorothy Wyndlow Pattison, better known as Sister Dora (16 January 1832 – 24 December 1878), was an Anglican nun and nurse who worked in Walsall, Staffordshire. Life Dorothy Wyndlow Pattison was born in Hauxwell, North Riding of Yorkshire, the ...

, Anglican nun and nurse Dorothy Wyndlow Pattison (1832–1878) *

Dora d'Istria Dora d'Istria, pen name of Duchess Helena Koltsova-Massalskaya, born Elena Ghica (Gjika) (22 January 1828 in Bucharest – 17 November 1888 in Florence), was a Romanian Romantic writer and feminist. She was an advocate for the Albanian natio ...

, pen name of Duchess Helena Koltsova-Massalskaya (1828–1888), Romanian Romantic writer and feminist * Dora, code name of

Alexander Radó Alexander Radó (also ''Alexander Radolfi'', ''Sándor Kálmán Reich'', ''Alexander Rado''; born Sándor Radó, ; 5 November 1899 – 20 August 1981) was a Hungarian cartographer who later became a Soviet Union, Soviet military Intelligence (i ...

(1899–1981), Hungarian World War II Soviet spy

Places

United States

Dora, Alabama Dora is a city in Walker County, Alabama, United States. Coal mining took place in the area. History The first settlers in the area now known as Dora were James. M. Davis, Ezekiel Morgan, and Cole Smith in the early 1830s. Later in the 1830s, ...

, a city *

Dora, Arkansas Dora is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Crawford County in the western part of the U.S. state of Arkansas. It is located approximately three miles west of Van Buren on the Arkansas-Oklahoma border along Interst ...

, an unincorporated community and census-designated place *

Dora, Missouri Dora is an unincorporated community in Ozark County, in the U.S. state of Missouri Missouri (''see #Etymology and pronunciation, pronunciation'') is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United Sta ...

, an unincorporated community *

Dora, New Mexico Dora is a village in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 117 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census o ...

, a village *

Dora, Oregon Dora is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's ...

, an unincorporated community *

Dora, Pennsylvania Dora is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, North ...

, an unincorporated community *

Dora Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota Dora Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 697 at the 2020 census. History Dora Township was organized on July 22, 1879, and was named in 1879 after Isadora Sedalia (Woodruff) Thomas, one of ...

Lake Dora (Florida) Dora may stand for: Arts and entertainment Television * Dora (''Dora the Explorer''), a fictional character in the ''Dora the Explorer'' franchise ** ''Dora the Explorer'' (TV series), 2000–2019 ** ''Dora'' (TV series), a 2024 reboot of the ...

Other countries

Dora, Baghdad Dora (also al-Dura, or ad-Durah, , Syriac: ܕܘܿܪܵܐ) is a neighborhood in Al Rashid administrative district, southern Baghdad, Iraq. Before the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, it was home to the city's largest concentration of Christian Assyri ...

, Iraq, a neighborhood *

Dora, Cyprus Dora (, ''Dhora'') is a village in the Limassol District of Cyprus, located 6 km southwest of Malia. Built at an elevation of more than 600 meters, Dora "emerges" between two rivers, Ha and Dirizo. From the above, they predate the particular set ...

, a village *

Dora, Lebanon Dora () also spelled Doura or Daura, is a suburb north-east of Beirut in the Matn District of Mount Lebanon Governorate. The suburb has commercial and residential zones. Dora is administered by Bourj Hammoud municipality. History During the ...

, a suburb northeast of Beirut *

Dura, Hebron Dura () is a Palestinian people, Palestinian city located eleven kilometers southwest of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town h ...

, Palestinian West Bank, a city *

Lake Dora (Tasmania) Lake Dora is a lake and also short-lived mining area of the late 1890s located in the West Coast Range of Western Tasmania, Australia. It has a surface level of . Features and location It has two adjacent tarns just west of it, Maxfield and M ...

Lake Dora (Western Australia) } Lake Dora ( Wanman: ''Ngayartakujarra'') is a seasonal salt lake located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It lies between the vegetated sand fields of the Great Sandy and Gibson Desert The Gibson Desert is a large desert in ...

Dorasan Dorasan () or Mount Dora is a hill on the north bank of the Imjin River in northernmost Paju, South Korea. It lies very near the Korean Demilitarized Zone. The hill gives its name to several nearby landmarks, including Dorasan Station and the ...

or Mount Dora, a hill in South Korea * Titular diocese of Dora, Israel, a Roman Catholic diocese * Dora Creek, New South Wales, Australia * 668 Dora, main belt asteroid

Science and technology

* Dual orexin receptor antagonist, an orexin antagonist * DORA (downregulated by activation), a common name for the gene IGSF6 *

, pseudonym of a Sigmund Freud patient * Discover, offer, request, acknowledge process in

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a network protocol, network management protocol used on Internet Protocol (IP) networks for automatically assigning IP addresses and other communication parameters to devices connected to the netw ...

DevOps Research and Assessment ''DevOps Research and Assessment'' (abbreviated to DORA) is a team that is part of Google Cloud that engages in opinion polling of software engineers to conduct research for the DevOps movement. The DORA team was founded by Nicole Forsgren, Je ...

, a research team focused on software delivery practices

Transportation

*, the name of several ships * ''Dora'' (sternwheeler), a 1910 steamboat in Oregon

Acronyms

Defence of the Realm Act 1914 The Defence of the Realm Act 1914 ( 4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 29) (DORA) was passed in the United Kingdom on 8 August 1914, four days after the country entered the First World War. It was added to as the war progressed. It gave the government wide-ranging ...

(DORA), British war legislation * Digital Operational Resilience Act, a European Union regulation * Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) * Designated outdoor refreshment areas, in

open-container law An open-container law is a law which regulates or prohibits drinking alcohol in public by limiting the existence of open alcoholic beverage containers in certain areas, as well as the active consumption of alcohol in those areas. "Public places" ...

in Ohio, United States *

San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) is a statement that denounces the practice of correlating the journal impact factor to the merits of a specific scientist's contributions. Also according to this statement, this practice ...

Other uses

* List of storms named Dora *

Dora Observatory Dora Observatory () is on the South Korean side of the 38th parallel. Situated on top of Dorasan (Mount Dora) in Paju, the observatory provides scenic views across the Demilitarized Zone. Visitors can see the North Korean territory through bino ...

, South Korea, near the Demilitarized Zone * Dora, medieval title of the feudal landlord in the Telangana region of India * Dora, another name for the Italian wine grape

Fortana Fortana (also known as Canina ) is a red Italian wine grape variety grown primarily in the Emilia–Romagna region of northern Italy. A permitted grape variety in several ''Denominazione di origine controllatas'' (DOCs), mostly in Emilia, Fortan ...

* '' Dora: A Headcase'', a 2012 novel about Freud's patient

Arts and entertainment

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Other uses in arts and entertainment

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People and fictional characters

Places

United States

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