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Leora

Leora proper noun: a female given name from Hebrew.

Proper noun

Leora

  1. A female given name from Hebrew.
    • "No, they're— What do they call you?"
      "Me? Oh, it's an idiotic name—Leora Tozer."1925, Sinclair Lewis, Arrowsmith, chapter 6, section 3

Origin of Leora

Possibly a variant of the modern Israeli name transliterated as Liora, from Hebrew, ליאורה "my light", or an American contraction of Leonora.

Questions about Leora

What does Leora mean?
Leora means a female given name from Hebrew.
What part of speech is Leora?
Leora is a proper noun.

Words near Leora in the dictionary

  1. Leopoldt's conjecture
  2. Leopoldville
  3. Leopolis
  4. leopon
  5. leopons
  6. Leora
  7. Leorda
  8. Leordeni
  9. leos
  10. leotard
  11. leotarded

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