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Medora

Medora proper noun: a female given name.

Proper noun

Medora

  1. A female given name.
    • "But—Oh, Medora! nerve thy gentler heart, / "This hour again—but not for long—we part."1814, Lord Byron, The Corsair, lines 406–7
  2. A town in Indiana.
  3. A village in Illinois.
  4. A city, the county seat of Billings County, North Dakota; named for Medora von Hoffmann, wife of the Marquis de Morès, who founded the city.
  5. A neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
  6. An unincorporated community in Kansas.

Origin of Medora

The given name was first used by Lord Byron in The Corsair (1814).

Questions about Medora

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

Words near Medora in the dictionary

  1. Medog
  2. medoid
  3. medoids
  4. Medomak
  5. Medonnegonix Lake
  6. Medora
  7. medorinone
  8. Medousa
  9. medovik
  10. medovukha
  11. Medowie

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