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Nora, or Norah, is a feminine personal name of Latin origin, meaning "the bright one" or "honor". It is also of Arabic origin, meaning "light."
[edit] People
- Nora Aunor, a multi-awarded Filipino actress-singer-producer
- Norah Baring, a British movie actress
- Nora Barlow, the granddaughter of the British naturalist Charles Darwin
- Nora Barnacle, the wife of author James Joyce
- Norah Beare, a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
- Norah Borges, an artist and is the sister of the writer Jorge Luis Borges
- Nora Chesson, an English poet
- Nora David, Baroness David, a British Labour Party politician and life peer
- Nora Denney, an American actress
- Nora Edocseny, an athlete from Hungary
- Norah Jones, an American pianist and singer-songwriter
- Nora Kaye, an American ballerina
- Norah Lange, an Argentinian author
- Norah Lofts, a 20th century best-selling British author
- Norah McGuinness, an Irish painter and illustrator
- Nora Muchanic, a New Jersey news correspondent
- Nora Jane Noone, an Irish actress
- Norah O'Donnell, a correspondent for NBC News
- Nora Owen, a senior Irish politician
- Norah Phillips, Baroness Phillips, a British Labour politician
- Nora Radcliffe, a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician
- Nora Simpson, an Australian modernist painter
- Norah Stoner, a former politician in Ontario, Canada
- Norah Vincent, an American journalist and author
- Nora Zehetner, an American film and television actress
[edit] Places
- Australia
- Italy
- Nora, Italy, archaeological site in Sardinia
- Pula, Italy, known in Roman times as Nora
- Torre Forcadizo, Sardinia, known in Roman times as Nora
- Sweden
- United States
- Nora, Illinois, a village in Jo Daviess County
- Nora, Indianapolis, Indiana, a neighborhood
- Nora, Nebraska, a village in Nuckolls County
- Nora Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota
- Nora Township, Pope County, Minnesota
- Zimbabwe
[edit] Fiction
- Nora (film)
- Nora Batty, a character in the long-running British sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine
- Nora Huntington, a character from Desperate Housewives
- Norah Satie, a character from Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Nora Walker, a character from Brothers & Sisters
- Another name for Robita, a character created by Osamu Tezuka
- Nora, the protagonist of Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House
- Nora Tyler Bing, a recurring character from Friends
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