Lora is a female given name and family name in the

Spanish language Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 millio ...

of French origin meaning from

Lorraine Lorraine , also , , ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; german: Lothringen ; lb, Loutrengen; nl, Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of G ...

, a region in Northeastern France. As a given name, Lora may also be a variant of Laura or derived from an Italian hypocoristic of either Eleonora or Loredana.

People with the given name Lora

* Lora (singer) (born 1982), Romanian singer * Lora Aborn (1907-2005), American composer * Lora Aroyo, Dutch computer scientist *

Lora Beldon Lora Beldon is an American artist, curator, and arts educator. Her primary body of work explores the culture, history, and the effect of combat PTSD on U.S. military brats.Emily Fox“Q+A with Lora Beldon on Creative Healing + Military Families� ...

, American artist-curator * Lora L. Corum (1899-1949), American co-winner * Lora Fachie (born 1988), English racing cyclist *

Lora Fairclough Lora Diane Fairclough (born 26 January 1970) is an English professional golfer. She was born in Chorley, Lancashire and turned professional in January 1991. She played on the Ladies European Tour, and won four individual tournaments on it. She m ...

(born 1970), English professional golfer * Lora Lee Gayer (born 1988), American actress * Lora Grosu (born 1959), Moldovan politician *

Lora Hirschberg Lora Hirschberg (born 1963) is an American sound engineer. She has won an Academy Award for Best Sound and has been nominated for another in the same category. She has worked on more than 110 films since 1990. Hirschberg is lesbian. Selected f ...

(born 1963), American sound engineer * Lora Hooper, American biologist * Lora Hubbel, American politician * Lora Johnson, American author * Lora Lazar, Bulgarian crime writer * Lora Leigh (born 1965), American author *

Lora Logic Lora Logic (also spelt Laura Logic; born Susan Whitby c. 1960) is a British saxophonist, singer and songwriter from Wembley, London. Logic was a founding member of London punk band X-Ray Spex, and wrote the saxophone parts for their debut al ...

(born 1960), British saxophonist * Lora La Mance (born 1857), American writer * Lora Marx (1900-1989), American sculptor * Lora Lee Michel (born 1940), American actress * Lora Ottenad (born 1964), American professional bodybuilder *

Lora Petrova Lora Petrova ( bg, Лора Петрова; born in Belene on 12 October 1998) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Bulgaria women's national team. International career Petrova capped for Bulgaria at senior level in a 0– ...

(born 1998), Bulgarian footballer * Lora Reinbold (born 1964), American politician * Lora Romero (1960-1997), American assistant professor * Lora Storey (born 1989), Australian middle-distance runner * Lora Webster (born 1986), American Paralympic volleyballist *

Lora Yakovleva Lora Grigoryevna Yakovleva (russian: Лора Григорьевна Яковлева, also transliterated Jakovleva; born April 21, 1932 in Perm) is a Russian chess player who holds the ICCF title of Lady Grandmaster (LGM). She was the secon ...

(born 1932), Russian chess grandmaster

People with the surname Lora

* Alan Loras, is a Bolivian footballer. *

Alberto Lora Ramos Alberto Lora Ramos (born 25 March 1987) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a right-back for Marino de Luanco. He spent most of his professional career with Sporting de Gijón, playing 267 matches across all competitions after signing in 2006. ...

(born 1987), Spanish football player * Alex Lora (born 1952), Mexican musician and composer *

Carmen Josefina Lora Iglesias Carmen Josefina Lora Iglesias (1940 – April 13, 1999), known as Piky Lora, was a Dominican revolutionary and lawyer who was a part of the 14th of June Movement, a political group opposed to the Trujillo regime. During the guerilla warfare used i ...

(1940 – 1999), was a Dominican revolutionary and lawyer. *

Enrique Lora Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk ...

(born 1945), Star Spanish Football player for

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It plays in Spanish football's top flight, La Liga. Sevilla have won the UEFA Eu ...

in the 1970s * Fabiano Bolla Lora (born 1977), a Brazilian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. *

Filippo Lora Filippo Lora (born 21 November 1993) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Torres. Club career Early career Lora is a product of the A.C. Milan Youth Academy. He joined the U19 squad in 2010, spending three ...

(born 1993), Italian Football player of Spanish descent playing for Ravenna F.C. * Francisco Augusto Lora, former vice president of the Dominican Republic and presidential candidate *

Guillermo Lora Guillermo Lora (31 October 1922 – 17 May 2009) was a Trotskyist leader in Bolivia who was active in the Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR) from the early 1940s and was its best known leader. Lora became active in the POR when it was in the ...

(1922-2009), Trotskyist leader in Bolivia * Johan Lora (Born 1982), Dominican international footballer * Luis Eduardo Lora (born 1986), Colombian football player. *

Mathias Loras Mathias Loras (August 30, 1792 – February 19, 1858) was an immigrant French priest to the United States and the first bishop of the Dubuque Diocese in what would become the state of Iowa. Early life and ministry Pierre-Jean-Mathias Loras was ...

(1792-1858), French priest, first Bishop of the Dubuque Diocese *

Manny Lora Manuel M Lora Jr. is an American baseball coach and former pitcher. He played college baseball at Alabama A&M for coaches Michael Thompkins and Mitch Hill from 2009 to 2014. He returned to his alma mater in 2016 as an assistant coach. He served a ...

(born 1991), American baseball coach and former pitcher. * Marie Lora-Mungai, French producer, writer and show runner. * Miguel "Happy" Lora (born 1961), Colombian boxer *

Ñico Lora Francisco Antonio Lora Cabrera (1858 in Maizal, Santiago – 1971 in Bisonó (Navarrete)) popularly known as Ñico Lora was a folk musician from the Dominican Republic. He is considered one of the fathers of merengue. - '' El padre del merengue ...

(1880-1971), Dominican, father of Merengue music * Saturnino and Mariano Lora, Cuban brothers, war heroes * Yelitza Lora, Dominican TV & Radio host and actress

Places

Lora (Lydia) Flaviopolis ( grc, Φλαβιόπολις or Φλαοϋιόπολις), or Phlaouiopolis, also known as Lora, was a town of ancient Lydia Lydia ( Lydian: ‎𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdí� ...

, a town of ancient Lydia, now in Turkey * Lora, Norway, a village in Lesja municipality in Oppland * Lora, Chile a town on the Mataquito River, Chile *Lora, a frazioni in the municipality of Campegine, Italy * Lora (Split), a neighborhood and naval base in Split, Croatia * Lora, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a village and union council in Pakistan * Lora River, Pakistan * Lora de Estepa, a municipality in the province of Seville, Spain * Lora del Río, a municipality in the province of Seville, Spain *

Loras College Loras College is a Private college, private Catholicism, Catholic college in Dubuque, Iowa. It has an enrollment of approximately 1,600 students and is the oldest Tertiary education, post-secondary institution in the state of Iowa. The school ...

, a four-year Catholic university located in Dubuque, Iowa * Falls of Lora, a tidal race which forms at the mouth of Loch Etive, Scotland *

Sargentes de la Lora Sargentes de la Lora is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 196 inhabitants. In 1963, a petroleum reservoir was discovered in Ayolue ...

, a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain.

Animals

*Lora or '' Leptophis ahaetulla'', a Parrot Snake found in northern South America and Trinidad and Tobago *Grey Lora or ''

Leptophis stimsoni ''Leptophis stimsoni'', Common name, commonly known as the grey lora or the Trinidad upland parrot snake, is a small species of snake in the Family (biology), family Colubridae. The species is Endemism, endemic to the Trinidad and Tobago, Republ ...

'', a small snake which is endemic to Trinidad and Tobago * ''Lora'' (genus), a gastropod genus of the

Turridae Turridae is a taxonomic family name for a number of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. MolluscaBase (2018). Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...

family

Technology

* LORA (missile), a theatre quasiballistic missile produced in Israel * LORA, an acronym for

Level of Repair Analysis Level of Repair Analysis (LORA) is used as an analytical methodology used to determine where an item will be replaced, repaired, or discarded based on cost considerations and operational readiness requirements. For a complex engineering system con ...

* LoRa, a low power wireless communication technology * LORA, an acronym for "Logic Of Rational Agents", see

BDI Software Agents BDI may refer to: Science and technology * Beck Depression Inventory, a psychometric test for measuring the severity of depression * Belief–desire–intention model, a cognitive model developed by Michael Bratman ** Belief–desire–intention s ...

Other

*Lora, an Ancient Roman term for a wine substitute later known as

piquette Piquette is a French wine term which commonly refers to a vinous beverage produced by adding water to grape pomace but sometimes refers to a very simple wine or a wine substitute. From pomace If water is added to the pomace remaining after gra ...