Moira may refer to:

Places

Australia

Moira, New South Wales Moira is a rural community in the central south part of the Riverina and the site of a railway station. It is situated by road, about 11 kilometres north of Barnes, New South Wales, Barnes and 15 kilometres south west of Mathoura. Mo ...

, an Australian rural community *

County of Moira The County of Moira is one of the 37 counties of Victoria which are part of the cadastral divisions of Australia, used for land titles. It is located to the east of the Goulburn River, south of the Murray River, and west of part of the Ovens Riv ...

, Victoria, Australia * Division of Moira, Victoria, Australia, an Electoral Division *

Shire of Moira Moira Shire Council is a Local Government Area in the Northern Victoria Region of Victoria, Australia. Located in the north-east part of the state, it covers an area of . As at August 2021 the population was 30,522. It includes the towns of C ...

, a local government area in Victoria, Australia

Canada

* Moira, Ontario, an unincorporated area * Moira Lake, Ontario *

Moira River The Moira River is a river in Hastings County in eastern Ontario, Canada. It travels from its source in the centre of the county to the Bay of Quinte at the county seat Belleville . Name Originally named the Sagonaska River by the indigenous peo ...

, Ontario

United Kingdom

Moira, County Down Moira () is a village and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is in the northwest of the county, near the border with counties County Antrim, Antrim and County Armagh, Armagh. The M1 motorway (Northern I ...

, a village in Northern Ireland ** Moira railway station *

Moira, Leicestershire Moira is a former mining village about south-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in North West Leicestershire, England. The village is about south of Swadlincote and is close to the boundary with Derbyshire. The population is included in the civil par ...

, a village in England **

Moira Furnace Moira Furnace is a nineteenth-century iron-making blast furnace located in Moira, Leicestershire, on the banks of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. Built by the Earl of Moira in 1804, the building has been preserved by North West Leicestershire Di ...

, nineteenth century iron-making blast furnace

United States

Moira, New York Moira is a town in Franklin County, New York, United States. The population was 2,934 at the 2010 census. Moira is located on the western border of Franklin County and is west of Malone. The town was named for the Earl of Moira. The correct pron ...

, a town * Moira Sound, Alaska

Elsewhere

Moira, Achaea Moira () is a village located southeast of Patras, Greece. Moira had a population of 65 in 2011. Moira was part of the municipality of Patras between 1845 and 1912, and again after 1997. Between 1912 and 1997, it was an independent community. ...

, a village in Greece *

Moira, Goa Moira () is a village in the Bardez Taluka of the North Goa District in India. Till the recent past, Moira has been known for its typical, large bananas (known as ''Mundollchim kellim'' in Konkani language, Konkani) that grew in the area. Origi ...

, a village in India * 638 Moira, an asteroid

People

* Moira (given name), including a list of women and fictional characters *

Gerald Moira Gerald Edward Moira (26 January 1867 – 2 August 1959) was an English painter who became best known for his murals. Gerald Moira was born in London, the son of a former Portuguese diplomat who became a miniature painter. He first exhibited at ...

(1867–1959), English painter *

Earl of Moira Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. A feminine form of ''earl'' never developed; instead, ''countess'' is used. The titl ...

, extinct title in the peerage of Ireland

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Moira'' (album), a 2008 story album by the Japanese musical group Sound Horizon * ''Moira'' (film), a 2015 Georgian film *

Moira (Utrecht) Moira is a music and arts venue in the city center of Utrecht, Netherlands. History The building at Wolvenstraat 10 was built in 1906. From 1939 until 1959, it was the Zegers dance school. The insurance company Moira turned it into a canteen, ...

, a music and art venue in Utrecht, Netherlands *

Moira MacTaggert Dr. Moira MacTaggert, more recently known as Moira X, is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She first appeared in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #96 (Dec. 1975) and was created by writer Chris Claremont and ...

, a Marvel character associated with the X-Men *

Moira O'Deorain Moira O'Deorain is a character who appears in the 2016 video game ''Overwatch (video game), Overwatch'', a Blizzard Entertainment–developed first-person shooter, and the Overwatch, resulting franchise. First introduced in a 2017 Overwatch (di ...

, a fictional character from the video game ''Overwatch''

Ships

* HMS ''Moira'' (1805), a British Royal Navy schooner * , a Greek coaster in service during 1966

Other

Moira (military) Moira (, pronounced ''míra'', plural ) is a Greek term for a military formation. Etymologically, it is derived from the roots *μερ- and *μορ-, which mean "to part". ''Moira'' therefore means "a part, a division", and is cognate with the simi ...

, a Greek military formation * Moira, a genus of

prehistoric echinoderms Prehistory, also called pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the first known use of stone tools by hominins million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use o ...

* Moira, the singular of

Moirai In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, the Moirai ()often known in English as the Fateswere the personifications of fate, destiny. They were three sisters: Clotho (the spinner), Lachesis (mythology), Lachesis (the allotter ...

(Fates), Greek deities, incarnations of destiny *

, a title in the Peerage of Ireland, derived from the village of Moira, County Down *

Moira (horse) Moira (foaled April 11, 2019) is a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2022 Woodbine Oaks and Queen's Plate. She set a track record in the Queen's Plate while becoming the 38th filly to win the race. Background Moira is a dark bay ...

, a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse * ''

Portrait of Lord Moira ''Portrait of Lord Moira'' is a portrait painting by the English artist Sir Joshua Reynolds of the Irish soldier and politician Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, then known as the Earl of Moira. A member of the Protestant Ascenda ...

'', a 1790 painting by Joshua Reynolds