Adora

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Adora can mean any of the following:

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[edit] Geography

Adora (village) is an Israeli settlement on the West Bank.

[edit] Name and its origin

Adora is a girl's name.

There are many languages that use this name:

English: Short for adorable

French: Means the beloved

Spanish: short for Adoracion

Latin: Means the "adored one" or "much adored"

Ibo (Nigerian): Derived from 'Adaora' which means "first daughter of the people"

[edit] Literature

  • Adora is the title of a stereotypical romance novel by Beatrice Small
  • Adora (Apocrypha) is a town mentioned in the Apocrypha. According to the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: "a'-dor, a-do'-ra (Adora): In Idumaea, mentioned in Ant, XIII, ix, 1 as one of the cities captured by Hyrcanus, and referred to in 1 Maccabees 13:20. According to the Jewish Encyclopedia: Hyrcanus "hired foreign troops, dismantled Adora and Marissa, the strong places of Edom, and forced the Edomites to accept the Jewish religion and submit to circumcision. This is the first instance of forcible conversion in Jewish history." (A) It is thought to be present Dura, a village about five miles to the west of Hebron. Bible History online has a map of Israel during the first century AD that lists the city Adora [1]

[edit] Music

The French rock band Indochine have a song with that name in their album Alice et June.

Adora [2] is a Finnish female rock duo.

Adora is also an American metalcore band. [3]

Adora is mentioned in Robin Strandlunds låtfan metaphoraium

[edit] Information Technology

ADORA is an approach to object-oriented modeling of software (ADORA stands for Analysis and Description of Requirements and Architecture).

[edit] Science

ADORA (Atmospheric Dispersion of Reactive Agents) is an Environmental and Safety offsite Consequence Analysis tool available for use by organizations involved with environmental impact assessments for intentional or accidental discharge of hazardous chemicals that react with air, moisture or each other.

Adora is a potato bred by A.D. Mulder from (Primura x Alcmaria) in Enkhuizen (Netherlands).

[edit] People and characters with the name Adora

  • Adora is a character in the Magna Carta Video Game.
  • Adora Dupree [4] is an African American actress, writer, director and ordained minister.
  • Adora is the stage name of a popular drag queen in Miami.

[edit] Other

  • Adora chocolates is a company based in Sydney Australia.
  • Adora is a brand of GE appliances that is exclusive to The Home Depot.
  • Adora Inc is a company that creates the Adora Dolls, a line of collectable dolls
  • Adora Belle is a line of collectable dolls created by doll artist and musician Marie Osmond
  • Adora Diamond Jewellery is a Mumbai-based Concept Jewellery company in India