Mora may refer to:
People
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Mora (surname) Mora is a Spanish surname.
Origins
Mora is a surname with old Roman (Latin) origins that originated in Spain and Portugal, but Mora was first found in Castile, one of medieval Spain's most important Christian kingdoms.
Mora translates to "blac ...
Places
Sweden
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Mora, Säter, Sweden
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Mora, Sweden
Mora is a locality and the seat of Mora Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 10,896 inhabitants in 2010.
History
There are signs of human activity in the surroundings of Mora dating from 4000 BC. The earliest found buildings in Mora are ...
, the seat of Mora Municipality
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Mora Municipality, Sweden
Mora Municipality (''Mora kommun'') is a municipality in Dalarna County in central Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Mora.
The present municipality was created in 1971, when four older municipal entities were amalgamated.
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United States
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Mora, Louisiana, an unincorporated community
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Mora, Minnesota
Mora is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Kanabec County. It is located at the junction of Minnesota highways 23 and 65. The population was 3,571 at the 2010 census.
History
Mora was platted in 1882 by Myron Kent. T ...
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Mora, Missouri
Mora is an unincorporated community in northern Benton County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Supplemental Route U approximately sixteen miles south of Sedalia.
Mora was laid out in 1882, when the railroad was extended to tha ...
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Mora County, New Mexico
) is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,881. Its county seat is the census-designated place (CDP) Mora. The county has another CDP, Watrous, a village, Wagon Mound, and 12 smaller unincorporated ...
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Mora, New Mexico, a census-designated place and the county seat
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Mora River, partially in Mora County
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Mora, Washington, a former settlement
Elsewhere
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Mora, Cordillera, Bolivia
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Mora, Cameroon
Mora is a town in northern Cameroon. Mora has a population of 55,216 making it the 5th biggest city in Far North.
The German fort of Mora was the last German fort in Cameroon to surrender during World War I. After a long time under siege, Cap ...
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Mora (canton)
Mora is the seventh canton in the San José province of Costa Rica.
Toponymy
Originally designated as Pacaca, a cacique name, the canton's name was changed to Mora in honor of Juan Rafael Mora Porras (1814-1860), the second President of Costa R ...
, San José, Costa Rica
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Mora, Cyprus, a village
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Mõra, Estonia, a village
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Mora, Maharashtra
Mora is a port serving the town of Uran in Maharashtra, India. Ferry services connect to Ferry Wharf and Gateway of India in Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian ...
, India, a port serving the town of Uran
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Mora, Portugal
Mora () is a municipality in Évora District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,978, in an area of 443.95 km2.
The present Mayor is Paula Cristina Calado Chuço, elected by the Socialist Party in 2021. The municipal holiday is Easter ...
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Mora, Spain
Mora is a town and municipality in Toledo province, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. The area is most famous for the abandoned ruins of the San Marcos de Yegros monastery of the Order of Santiago, located northeast of the ...
, a town and municipality in the province of Toledo
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Mora de Rubielos
Mora de Rubielos is a municipality located in the mountainous area of the Iberian System, province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain.
According to the 2009 census ( INE), the municipality has a population of 1,756 inhabitants. Mora de Rubielos has a beaut ...
, a town in Aragón, Spain
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Morea Eyalet
The Eyalet of the Morea ( ota, ایالت موره; Eyālet-i Mōrâ) was a first-level province (''eyalet'') of the Ottoman Empire, centred on the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece.
History
From the Ottoman conquest to the 17th century ...
(Ottoman Turkish: Eyālet-i Mōrâ), a former Ottoman Empire province in what is now Greece
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1257 Móra
1257 Móra, provisional designation , is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 15 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 8 August 1932, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in southwes ...
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Sports
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Mora CF
Mora Club de Fútbol is a football team based in Mora in the autonomous community of Castilla-La Mancha. Founded in 1977, it plays in the Primera Autonómica Preferente – Group 2. Its stadium is '' Municipal Las Delicias'' with a capacity of ...
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Mora IK
Mora IK (or Mora Ishockeyklubb) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Mora in northern Dalarna. After failing the 2019 SHL qualifiers, Mora has been relegated for play in the second-tier league, HockeyAllsvenskan. Mora has previously pl ...
, an ice hockey club in Mora, Sweden
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IFK Mora
IFK Mora is a sports club in Mora, Sweden. The club was founded on 22 August 1909, and became an alliance club on 1 January 1992, following a 1991 decision. IFK Mora is known for its successes in orienteering and cross-country skiing but is also a ...
, a sports club in Mora, Sweden
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IFK Mora Fotboll
IFK Mora FK is a Swedish football club located in Mora.
Background
IFK Mora FK currently plays in Division 2 Dalarna which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Prästholmens IP in Mora.
The club is af ...
, a football club in Mora, Sweden
Warfare
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Mora (military unit)
A ''mora'' (Greek: ,. plural ''morae'') was an ancient Spartan military unit of about a tenth of the Spartan army, at approx. 600 men by modern estimates, although Xenophon places it at 6,000. This can be reconciled by the nature of the Spartan ar ...
, an ancient Spartan unit of about 600 soldiers
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First Battle of Mora
The First Battle of Mora was part of the Taos Revolt of the Mexican–American War, between United States Army troops under Captain Israel R. Hendley, versus a militia of Hispanos (acting as Mexican nationals) and Puebloan allies in US-occup ...
, an 1847 battle of the Mexican–American War
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Second Battle of Mora
The Second Battle of Mora was a February 1, 1847, military engagement during the Taos Revolt of the Mexican–American War in and around the village of Mora in US-occupied northern New Mexico. Seeking revenge for United States Army's January 24 de ...
, an 1847 battle of the Mexican–American War
Other uses
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''Mora'' (album), a 2011 album by Hungarian industrial nu metal band FreshFabrik
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MORA (aviation)
A minimum off-route altitude (MORA) provides a quick way for an aircraft pilot to read the minimum altitude required for terrain and obstacle clearance. MORAs give at least 1,000 feet altitude clearance above terrain and obstacles such as radio ma ...
, minimum off-route altitude
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Mora (drink), a drink consisting of blackberry juice, water and sugar
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''Mora'' (fish), a genus of fish in the family Moridae
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''Mora'' (plant), a genus of plants in the pea family ''Fabaceae''
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Mora (linguistics)
A mora (plural ''morae'' or ''moras''; often symbolized μ) is a basic timing unit in the phonology of some spoken languages, equal to or shorter than a syllable. For example, a short syllable such as ''ba'' consists of one mora (''monomoraic''), ...
, a unit of sound
** ''mōra'', the modern Japanese equivalent; see
On (Japanese prosody)
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Mora (music store)
is an online music and video store for the Japanese market operated by Sony Music Solutions, a part of Sony Music Entertainment Japan (SMEJ). It is integrated into the Japanese version of Sony's Music Center for PC software, and was also integ ...
, a music download store by Sony
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Mora Banc Grup, joint name of two Andorran banks
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Mora (mythology), in Slavic mythology
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''Mora'' (ship), the flagship of William the Conqueror
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Mora station
Mora Station () is a station on the Busan Metro Line 2 in Mora-dong, Sasang District, Busan, South Korea.
Not to be confused with Moran in Seoul.
External links
*Cyber station informationfrom Busan Transportation Corporation
The Busan Tran ...
, Busan, South Korea, a railway station
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Mora clock
Gustavian Mora clocks are a type of longcase clock which were made in, and derived their name from, the town of Mora in Dalarna province, Sweden. Production began in the late 18th century and continued through most of the 19th century, finall ...
, a type of 19th-century Swedish longcase clock
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Mora knife
Mora may refer to:
People
* Mora (surname)
Places Sweden
* Mora, Säter, Sweden
* Mora, Sweden, the seat of Mora Municipality
* Mora Municipality, Sweden
United States
* Mora, Louisiana, an unincorporated community
* Mora, Minnesota, a city
* M ...
, a type of knife made by various makers in Mora, Sweden
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Cyclone Mora, a tropical cyclone that affected Bangladesh in 2017
See also
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Siege of Mora, in World War I
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Mora v. McNamara'', a 1967 US Supreme Court case
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Stones of Mora
The Stones of Mora () is a historic location in Knivsta, Sweden. Several Medieval kings of Sweden were proclaimed at
the assembly of Mora near modern Uppsala. It was moved in the 15th century and was considered to have been lost. However, ther ...
, the place where Swedish kings were elected
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De la Mora (disambiguation)
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Morea (disambiguation)
Morea
The Morea ( el, Μορέας or ) was the name of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. The name was used for the Byzantine province known as the Despotate of the Morea, by th ...
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Moria (disambiguation)
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Morra (disambiguation)
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Moras, a commune in France
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