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Maura

Maura proper noun: a female given name from Irish or Scottish Gaelic, of English, Scottish and Irish usage, variant of Mary.

Proper noun (1)

Maura

  1. A female given name from Irish or Scottish Gaelic, of English, Scottish and Irish usage, variant of Mary.
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  2. A female given name from Italian, masculine equivalent Mauro.

Proper noun (2)

Maura (plural Mauras)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Maura

pluralMauras

Origin of Maura

Either from Irish Máire and Scottish Gaelic Màiri, or from Italian Maura. When borrowed from Irish, a doublet of Moira.

Borrowed from Catalan, French, and Italian Maura.

Questions about Maura

What does Maura mean?
Maura means a female given name from Irish or Scottish Gaelic, of English, Scottish and Irish usage, variant of Mary.
What part of speech is Maura?
Maura is a proper noun.

Words near Maura in the dictionary

  1. Maunsell
  2. Maupassantian
  3. Maupin
  4. Maupins
  5. maupok
  6. Maura
  7. Mauras
  8. Maurassian
  9. Maurassism
  10. Maureen
  11. Maurer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Maura (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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