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horol

horol is the abbreviation of horology.

Meaning of horology

Noun

horology (usually uncountable, plural horologies)

  1. (usually) The art, science, and technology of making and maintaining timekeeping devices such as clocks, watches and sundials.
  2. (usually, Eastern Orthodoxy) The book of the offices for the canonical hours.

Proper noun capitalized: Horol

Horol (plural Horols)

  1. A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Гороль (Horolʹ).

Forms of horol

pluralHorols
alternative formGorol

Origin of horol

Probably from Proto-Slavic *goraľь (“mountain dweller”).

Questions about horol

What does horol mean?
Horol means a transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Гороль (Horolʹ).
What is horol the abbreviation of?
Horol is the abbreviation of horology.
What part of speech is horol?
Horol is a proper noun.

Words near horol in the dictionary

  1. horography
  2. horohalinicum
  3. horoi
  4. horokaka
  5. Horokhiv
  6. horol
  7. horologe
  8. horologer
  9. horologers
  10. horologes
  11. horologia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: horol (page history and authors); Horol (page history and authors); horology (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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