Lora is a female given name and

family name In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

in the

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of French origin meaning from

Lorraine Lorraine , also , , ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; german: Lothringen ; lb, Loutrengen; nl, Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Gr ...

, a region in Northeastern France. As a given name, Lora may also be a variant of Laura or derived from an Italian hypocoristic of either

Eleonora Eleanor () is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal name ''Aliénor''. It is the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. The name was introd ...

Loredana Loredana is a feminine given name, claimed to be invented by French author Lucile Aurore Dupin (George Sand) in her novel ''Mattea'' (1833), and later used by Luciano Zuccoli in ''L'amore di Loredana'' (1908). It may have been inspired by the rea ...

People with the given name Lora

Lora (singer) Laura Petrescu, better known as Lora (born in Vaslui, Romania on 23 July 1982) is a Romanian pop singer, model, judge on ''The Next Star'' show, and TV personality. Before her solo career, she was part of the Romanian band Wassabi. Beginnings Lo ...

(born 1982), Romanian singer *

Lora Aborn Lora Aborn Busck (May 30, 1907 – August 25, 2005) was an American composer. Biography Lora Aborn was born in New York City and began studying piano, music theory and composition at the Effa Ellis Perfield School of Music. She continued studyin ...

(1907-2005), American composer *

Lora Aroyo Lora Aroyo (born in Bulgaria) is a Dutch computer scientist at Google Research, and formerly a professor at The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands. She is best known for her work in user modeling, digital humanities, and for the CrowdTrut ...

, Dutch computer scientist *

Lora Beldon Lora Beldon is an American artist, curator, and arts educator. Her primary body of work explores the culture, history, and the effect of combat PTSD on U.S. military brats.Emily Fox“Q+A with Lora Beldon on Creative Healing + Military Families� ...

, American artist-curator * Lora L. Corum (1899-1949), American co-winner * Lora Fachie (born 1988), English racing cyclist *

Lora Fairclough Lora Diane Fairclough (born 26 January 1970) is an English professional golfer. She was born in Chorley, Lancashire and turned professional in January 1991. She played on the Ladies European Tour, and won four individual tournaments on it. She ...

(born 1970), English professional golfer *

Lora Lee Gayer Lora Lee Gayer (born Lorraine Lee Gayer; April 27, 1988) is an American stage actress. On Broadway, she originated the lead role of Linda Mason in ''Holiday Inn'' in 2016. She appeared on Broadway in the 2011 revival of ''Follies'' as Young Sally ...

(born 1988), American actress *

Lora Grosu Lora Grosu (born September 14, 1959) is a Moldovan politician. He served as member of the Parliament of Moldova The Parliament of the Republic of Moldova is the supreme representative body of the Republic of Moldova, the only state legislat ...

(born 1959), Moldovan politician *

Lora Hirschberg Lora Hirschberg (born 1963) is an American sound engineer. She has won an Academy Award for Best Sound and has been nominated for another in the same category. She has worked on more than 110 films since 1990. Hirschberg is lesbian. Selected f ...

(born 1963), American sound engineer *

Lora Hooper Lora Hooper is an American biologist, currently the Jonathan W. Uhr Distinguished Chair in Immunology and Nancy Cain and Jeffrey A. Marcus Scholar in Medical Research at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. In 2015, she was elected to t ...

, American biologist *

Lora Hubbel Lora Lyn Hubbel is an American politician; a former member of the South Dakota House of Representatives and a former chair of the Minnehaha County Republican Party and the former state chair of the Constitution Party of South Dakota. Election ...

, American politician * Lora Johnson, American author * Lora Lazar, Bulgarian crime writer *

Lora Leigh Lora Leigh (born March 6, 1965) is a ''New York Times'' bestselling author of erotic romance novels. Leigh started publishing with electronic publisher Ellora's Cave in 2003. Leigh's longest-running series is ''The Breeds''. She won the 2009 RT ...

(born 1965), American author *

Lora Logic Lora Logic (also spelt Laura Logic; born Susan Whitby c. 1960) is a British saxophonist, singer and songwriter from Wembley, London. Logic was a founding member of London punk band X-Ray Spex, and wrote the saxophone parts for their debut albu ...

(born 1960), British saxophonist *

Lora La Mance Lora Sarah La Mance (2 April 1857 – 9 May 1939) was an American horticulturist and writer, on gardening. She also published genealogical research. Life Born Lora Sarah Nichols, in 1857 in Indiana, the tenth and last child of Kezia (Waltman) a ...

(born 1857), American writer *

Lora Marx Lora Flanegin Marx (1900–1989) was an Sculpture_of_the_United_States, American sculptor. Biography Lora Hurff Flanegin was born in Elmwood, Illinois in 1900. Flanegin was married to Samuel Abraham Marx. Soon after their divorce, she met Mies van ...

(1900-1989), American sculptor *

Lora Lee Michel Lora Lee Michel (born Virginia Joy Willeford, September 13, 1940) is an American former child actress. She appeared in several feature films during the Golden Age of Hollywood in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In 1950, she was the focus of a cus ...

(born 1940), American actress *

Lora Ottenad Lora Ottenad (born February 3, 1964) is a professional female bodybuilder from Las Vegas, Nevada. Standing 174 cm and 188 cm with heels and boasting a n offseason weight of approximately 107 kg., Ottenad is one of the largest female bodybuilder ...

(born 1964), American professional bodybuilder *

Lora Petrova Lora Petrova ( bg, Лора Петрова; born in Belene on 12 October 1998) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Bulgaria women's national team. International career Petrova capped for Bulgaria at senior level in a 0– ...

(born 1998), Bulgarian footballer *

Lora Reinbold Lora H. Reinbold (born April 30, 1964 in Fairbanks, Alaska) is an American politician who is a member of the Alaska Senate. She was a member of the Alaska House from 2013 to 2019, representing District 26. Reinbold is the only member of the Alask ...

(born 1964), American politician *

Lora Romero Lora is a female given name and family name in the Spanish language of French origin meaning from Lorraine, a region in Northeastern France. As a given name, Lora may also be a variant of Laura or derived from an Italian hypocoristic of either El ...

(1960-1997), American assistant professor *

Lora Storey Lora Storey (born 19 October 1989) is an Australian middle-distance running, middle-distance runner. She competed in the 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres, women's 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athleti ...

(born 1989), Australian middle-distance runner *

Lora Webster Lora Jessica Webster (born August 26, 1986) is an American Paralympic volleyballist. She won a 2018 Theresa Award. Early life Webster was born in Phoenix, Arizona. By the time she turned 11 she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in her left tibia. ...

(born 1986), American Paralympic volleyballist * Lora Yakovleva (born 1932), Russian chess grandmaster

People with the surname Lora

Alan Loras Alan Loras (born July 4, 1986) is a Bolivian football defender who plays for Club Atlético Palmaflor Club may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Club'' (magazine) * Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character * Clubs (suit), a suit of ...

, is a Bolivian footballer. * Alberto Lora Ramos (born 1987), Spanish football player *

Alex Lora Alex is a given name. It can refer to a shortened version of Alexander, Alexandra, Alexis. People Multiple *Alex Brown (disambiguation), multiple people * Alex Gordon (disambiguation), multiple people *Alex Harris (disambiguation), multiple peo ...

(born 1952), Mexican musician and composer * Carmen Josefina Lora Iglesias (1940 – 1999), was a Dominican revolutionary and lawyer. * Enrique Lora (born 1945), Star Spanish Football player for

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It plays in Spanish football's top flight, La Liga. Sevilla have won the UEFA Euro ...

in the 1970s *

Fabiano Bolla Lora Fabiano is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Fabian (entertainer), real name Fabiano Anthony Forte, American singer and entertainer *Fabiano (footballer, born 1975), full name Fabiano Cezar Viegas, ...

(born 1977), a Brazilian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. * Filippo Lora (born 1993), Italian Football player of Spanish descent playing for Ravenna F.C. *

Francisco Augusto Lora Francisco Augusto Lora González (1910–1993), was a vice president of the Dominican Republic and presidential candidate in 1966, 1970, 1974 and 1978. As vice-president, he was a member of President Joaquín Balaguer's Reformist Party (PR). When ...

, former vice president of the Dominican Republic and presidential candidate *

Guillermo Lora Guillermo Lora (31 October 1922 – 17 May 2009) was a Trotskyist leader in Bolivia who was active in the Revolutionary Workers' Party (POR) from the early 1940s and was its best known leader. Lora became active in the POR when it was in the ...

(1922-2009), Trotskyist leader in Bolivia *

Johan Lora Johan Lora (born 20 October 1982) is a Dominican international footballer who plays college soccer in the United States for Lincoln University, playing as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Mi ...

(Born 1982), Dominican international footballer * Luis Eduardo Lora (born 1986), Colombian football player. *

Mathias Loras Mathias Loras (August 30, 1792 – February 19, 1858) was an immigrant French priest to the United States and the first bishop of the Dubuque Diocese in what would become the state of Iowa. Early life and ministry Pierre-Jean-Mathias Loras was ...

(1792-1858), French priest, first Bishop of the Dubuque Diocese * Manny Lora (born 1991), American baseball coach and former pitcher. *

Marie Lora-Mungai Marie Lora-Mungai is a French media entrepreneur, producer, writer and TV showrunner. She is the founder and CEO of Restless Global, a company focused on developing and producing African-inspired stories for an international audience. She also fo ...

, French producer, writer and show runner. *

Miguel "Happy" Lora Miguel Lora Escudero (born April 12, 1961 in Montería, Córdoba), known as Miguel Lora or "Happy" Lora is a Colombian boxer. He reigned as the WBC bantamweight champion of the world from 1985 to 1988. Beginnings and world title Lora started ...

(born 1961), Colombian boxer *

Ñico Lora Francisco Antonio Lora Cabrera (1858 in Maizal, Santiago – 1971 in Bisonó (Navarrete)) popularly known as Ñico Lora was a folk musician from the Dominican Republic. He is considered one of the fathers of merengue. - '' El padre del merengue ...

(1880-1971), Dominican, father of Merengue music *

Saturnino and Mariano Lora The War of Independence of Cuba started on 24 February 1895, under the intellectual leadership of the writer and philosopher José Martí José Julián Martí Pérez (; January 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosop ...

, Cuban brothers, war heroes *

Yelitza Lora Flor Jelithza Lora de la Cruz, most known as Yelitza Lora (born 12 July 1985), is a Radio and TV hostess, dancer, model, and theatre and film actress from the Dominican Republic. When she was 11 years old, Lora won the beauty pageant ''Nuestra ...

, Dominican TV & Radio host and actress

Places

* Lora (Lydia), a town of ancient Lydia, now in Turkey *

Lora, Norway Lora is a village in Lesja Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located at the confluence of the Lora river and the Gudbrandsdalslågen river. The Lordalen valley lies to the southwest of the village. The village lies midway ...

, a village in Lesja municipality in Oppland *

Lora, Chile Lora is a town on the Mataquito River, in the Licantén commune of the Curicó Province, Maule Region, in Chile. It was named for the tribe of Promaucaes Promaucae, also spelled as ''Promaucas'' or ''Purumaucas'' (from Quechua ''purum awqa'': wil ...

a town on the Mataquito River, Chile *Lora, a frazioni in the municipality of

Campegine Campegine ( Reggiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about northwest of Reggio Emilia. Campegine borders the following municipalities ...

, Italy *

Lora (Split) Lora is a harbor in the northwestern part of Split, Croatia, in the Bay of Kaštela. It is currently used as a naval base of the Croatian Navy. Located right next to the Brodosplit shipyard, it has been an important naval base of Yugoslav Navy (1 ...

, a neighborhood and naval base in Split, Croatia *

Lora, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Lora is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan. Lora Union Council takes its name from the main village of area. The local language is pahari but Urdu is also universally understood. Tehsil Lora ...

, a village and union council in Pakistan *

Lora River The Dori, also called the Lora and Kadanai, is a river of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It runs for from Balochistan in Pakistan through Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, then flows into the Arghandab River. The Dori begins north of the city of Qu ...

, Pakistan *

Lora de Estepa Lora de Estepa is a city located in the province of Seville, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the city has a population of 831 inhabitants. History Prehistory The area around Lora de Estepa has been inhabited by humans since Paleo ...

, a municipality in the province of Seville, Spain *

Lora del Río Lora del Río is a city and Municipio, municipality located in the Seville (province), province of Seville, Spain. According to the 2006 census by Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain), INE, it has a population of 19,077 inhabitants. Geograph ...

, a municipality in the province of Seville, Spain *

Loras College Loras College is a private Catholic college in Dubuque, Iowa. It has an enrollment of approximately 1,600 students and is the oldest post-secondary institution in the state of Iowa. The school offers both undergraduate and graduate degree pr ...

, a four-year Catholic university located in Dubuque, Iowa *

Falls of Lora The Falls of Lora is a tidal race which forms at the mouth of Loch Etive when a particularly high tide runs out from the loch. They form white water rapids for two to five days either side of the spring tides.Sargentes de la Lora Sargentes de la Lora is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census ( INE), the municipality has a population of 196 inhabitants. In 1963, a petroleum reservoir was discovered in Ayolue ...

, a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain.

Animals

*Lora or ''

Leptophis ahaetulla ''Leptophis ahaetulla'', commonly known as the lora or parrot snake, is a species of medium-sized slender snake of the family Colubridae. It is endemic to Central America and northern South America. Distribution *Central America: Belize, Costa ...

'', a Parrot Snake found in northern South America and Trinidad and Tobago *Grey Lora or ''

Leptophis stimsoni ''Leptophis stimsoni'', commonly known as the grey lora or the Trinidad upland parrot snake, is a small species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Geographic range and habitat ' ...

'', a small snake which is endemic to Trinidad and Tobago * ''Lora'' (genus), a gastropod genus of the

Turridae Turridae is a taxonomic family name for a number of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. MolluscaBase (2018). Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...

family

Technology

LORA (missile) LORA ("Long Range Attack") is a theater quasi ballistic missile produced in Israel. It has a range of and a CEP of when using a combination of GPS and TV for terminal guidance. It can be ship-launched from inside of a standard Intermodal con ...

, a theatre quasiballistic missile produced in Israel * LORA, an acronym for

Level of Repair Analysis Level of Repair Analysis (LORA) is used as an analytical methodology used to determine where an item will be replaced, repaired, or discarded based on cost considerations and operational readiness requirements. For a complex engineering system co ...

LoRa Lora is a female given name and family name in the Spanish language of French origin meaning from Lorraine, a region in Northeastern France. As a given name, Lora may also be a variant of Laura or derived from an Italian hypocoristic of either El ...

, a low power wireless communication technology * LORA, an acronym for "Logic Of Rational Agents", see BDI Software Agents

Other

*Lora, an Ancient Roman term for a wine substitute later known as

piquette Piquette is a French wine term which commonly refers to a vinous beverage produced by adding water to grape pomace but sometimes refers to a very simple wine or a wine substitute. From pomace If water is added to the pomace remaining after grap ...