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Horai

Horai is the alternative form of Horae.

Meaning of Horae

Proper noun

Horae

  1. (Greek) The goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of the times of the year, and the laws and orders of time; originally the personifications of nature in its different seasonal aspects, but in later times regarded as goddesses of order in general and of natural justice.

Proper noun

Horai

  1. a mythical Japanese paradise based upon the Chinese Penglai
    • Lafcadio Hearn's Japan
      In Horai there is neither death nor pain; and there is no winter. The flowers in that place never fade, and the fruits never fail; and if man taste of those fruits even but once, he can never again feel thirst or hunger.

Origin of Horai

A romanization of Ancient Greek Ὧραι (Hôrai, “seasons”).

A romanization of Japanese 蓬莱 (Hōrai ほうらい), from Middle Chinese 蓬萊 (MC buwng loj|lojH) (compare Mandarin 蓬萊 /蓬莱 (Pénglái)), from Old Chinese 蓬萊 (OC *boːŋ rɯː/rɯːs).

Questions about Horai

What does Horai mean?
Horai means a mythical Japanese paradise based upon the Chinese Penglai.
What is Horai the alternative form of?
Horai is the alternative form of Horae.
What part of speech is Horai?
Horai is a proper noun.

Words near Horai in the dictionary

  1. Horadiz
  2. Horae
  3. horagai
  4. horah
  5. horahs
  6. Horai
  7. Horak
  8. Horaks
  9. horal
  10. Horals
  11. horaltic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Horai (page history and authors); Horae (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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