Lora is a female given name and family name in the

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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 Laura may refer to: People * Laura (given name) * Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert Places Australia * Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula * Laura, South Australia * Laura Bay, a bay on ...

or derived from an Italian hypocoristic of either

Eleonora Eleanor () is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal name ''Aliénor''. It is the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. The name was intro ...

or Loredana.

People with the given name Lora

Lora (singer) Laura Petrescu, better known as Lora (born in Vaslui, Romania on 23 July 1982) is a Romanian pop singer, model, judge on ''The Next Star'' show, and TV personality. Before her solo career, she was part of the Romanian band Wassabi. Beginnings Lo ...

(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 Lora Lawrence (L.L. "Slim") Corum (January 8, 1899 - March 7, 1949) was co-winner of the 1924 Indianapolis 500. Biography L.L. Corum was born on January 8, 1899, in Jonesville, Indiana to Margaret Hannah Marquette and William Cecil Corum. Durin ...

(1899-1949), American co-winner *

Lora Fachie Lora Marie Fachie, (née Turnham; born 4 September 1988) is a visually impaired English racing cyclist who competes in para-cycling tandem road and track events. She is a double world champion, with pilot Corrine Hall, in the tandem road race a ...

(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 Lora Lee Gayer (born Lorraine Lee Gayer; April 27, 1988) is an American stage actress. On Broadway, she originated the lead role of Linda Mason in ''Holiday Inn'' in 2016. She appeared on Broadway in the 2011 revival of ''Follies'' as Young Sally ...

(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 Lora Hooper is an American biologist, currently the Jonathan W. Uhr Distinguished Chair in Immunology and Nancy Cain and Jeffrey A. Marcus Scholar in Medical Research at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. In 2015, she was elected to t ...

, American biologist *

Lora Hubbel Lora Lyn Hubbel is an American politician; a former member of the South Dakota House of Representatives and a former chair of the Minnehaha County Republican Party and the former state chair of the Constitution Party of South Dakota. Election ...

, American politician *

Lora Johnson Lora Johnson is an American author best known for the novel ''Ice.'' Her works include numerous original novels and ''Star Trek'' reference books including '' Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise'', the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical ...

, American author *

Lora Lazar Lora Lazar is the pen name of a contemporary Bulgarian crime writer. Education The author graduated from the National School of Plastic Arts and the Dechko Uzunov Academy in Kazanlak before attending Sofia University, where she received a master's ...

, Bulgarian crime writer *

Lora Leigh Lora Leigh (born March 6, 1965) is a ''New York Times'' bestselling author of erotic romance novels. Leigh started publishing with electronic publisher Ellora's Cave in 2003. Leigh's longest-running series is ''The Breeds''. She won the 2009 RT A ...

(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 Lora Sarah La Mance (2 April 1857 – 9 May 1939) was an American horticulturist and writer, on gardening. She also published genealogical research. Life Born Lora Sarah Nichols, in 1857 in Indiana, the tenth and last child of Kezia (Waltman) a ...

(born 1857), American writer *

Lora Marx Lora Flanegin Marx (1900–1989) was an American sculptor. Biography Lora Hurff Flanegin was born in Elmwood, Illinois in 1900. Flanegin was married to Samuel Abraham Marx. Soon after their divorce, she met Mies van der Rohe in 1940 and they remai ...

(1900-1989), American sculptor *

Lora Lee Michel Lora Lee Michel (born Virginia Joy Willeford, September 13, 1940) is an American former child actress. She appeared in several feature films during the Golden Age of Hollywood in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In 1950, she was the focus of a cus ...

(born 1940), American actress *

Lora Ottenad Lora Ottenad (born February 3, 1964) is a professional female bodybuilder from Las Vegas, Nevada. Standing 174 cm and 188 cm with heels and boasting a n offseason weight of approximately 107 kg., Ottenad is one of the largest female bodybuilders ...

(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 Lora H. Reinbold (born April 30, 1964 in Fairbanks, Alaska) is an American politician who is a member of the Alaska Senate. She was a member of the Alaska House from 2013 to 2019, representing District 26. Reinbold is the only member of the Alask ...

(born 1964), American politician *

Lora Romero Lora is a female given name and family name in the Spanish language of French origin meaning from Lorraine, 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 ...

(1960-1997), American assistant professor *

Lora Storey Lora Storey (born 19 October 1989) is an Australian middle-distance runner. She competed in the women's 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics Seventeen or 17 may refer to: * 17 (number), the natural number following 16 and ...

(born 1989), Australian middle-distance runner *

Lora Webster Lora Jessica Webster (born August 26, 1986) is an American Paralympic volleyballist. She won a 2018 Theresa Award. Early life Webster was born in Phoenix, Arizona. By the time she turned 11 she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in her left tibia. ...

(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 Alan Loras (born July 4, 1986) is a Bolivian football defender who plays for Club Atlético Palmaflor in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano Liga or LIGA may refer to: People * Līga (name), a Latvian female given name * Luciano Liga ...

, 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 Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis. People Multiple *Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people *Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people *Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple p ...

(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 Johan Lora (born 20 October 1982) is a Dominican international footballer who plays college soccer in the United States for Lincoln University, playing as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Mi ...

(Born 1982), Dominican international footballer *

Luis Eduardo Lora Luis Eduardo Lora is a retired Colombian football player who played only for Deportivo Pasto in Colombia. Honours ;Deportivo Pasto *Categoría Primera A (1): 2006-I *Categoría Primera B Categoría Primera B, commonly referred to as Torneo ...

(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 Marie Lora-Mungai is a French media entrepreneur, producer, writer and TV showrunner. She is the founder and CEO of Restless Global, a company focused on developing and producing African-inspired stories for an international audience. She also fo ...

, French producer, writer and show runner. *

Miguel "Happy" Lora Miguel Lora Escudero (born April 12, 1961 in Montería, Córdoba), known as Miguel Lora or "Happy" Lora is a Colombian boxer. He reigned as the WBC bantamweight champion of the world from 1985 to 1988. Beginnings and world title Lora started t ...

(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 The War of Independence of Cuba started on 24 February 1895, under the intellectual leadership of the writer and philosopher José Martí José Julián Martí Pérez (; January 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philoso ...

, Cuban brothers, war heroes *

Yelitza Lora Flor Jelithza Lora de la Cruz, most known as Yelitza Lora (born 12 July 1985), is a Radio and TV hostess, dancer, model, and theatre and film actress from the Dominican Republic. When she was 11 years old, Lora won the beauty pageant A bea ...

, 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 Lora is a village in Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located at the confluence of the Lora river and the Gudbrandsdalslågen river. The Lordalen valley lies to the southwest of the village. The village lies midway b ...

, a village in Lesja municipality in Oppland *

Lora, Chile Lora is a town on the Mataquito River, in the Licantén commune of the Curicó Province, Maule Region, in Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in t ...

a town on the Mataquito River, Chile *Lora, a frazioni in the municipality of

Campegine Campegine ( Reggiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about northwest of Reggio Emilia. Campegine borders the following municipalities ...

, Italy *

Lora (Split) Lora is a harbor in the northwestern part of Split (city), Split, Croatia, in the Bay of Kaštela. It is currently used as a naval base of the Croatian Navy. Located right next to the Brodosplit, Brodosplit shipyard, it has been an important naval ...

, 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 Lora del Río is a city and municipality located in the province of Seville, Spain. According to the 2006 census by INE, it has a population of 19,077 inhabitants. Geography The municipality of Lora del Río (Sevilla) is one of 104 municipalities ...

, 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 The Falls of Lora is a tidal race which forms at the mouth of Loch Etive when a particularly high tide runs out from the loch. They form white water rapids for two to five days either side of the spring tides.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) LORA ("Long Range Attack") is a theater quasi ballistic missile produced in Israel. It has a range of and a CEP of when using a combination of GPS and TV for terminal guidance. It can be ship-launched from inside of a standard Intermodal co ...

, 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 Lora is a female given name and family name in the Spanish language of French origin meaning from Lorraine, 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 ...

, 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 ...