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, a region in Northeastern France. As a given name, Lora may also be a variant of

Laura Laura may refer to: People * Laura (given name) * Laura, the British code name for the World War I Belgian spy Marthe Cnockaert Places Australia * Laura, Queensland, a town on the Cape York Peninsula * Laura, South Australia * Laura Bay, a bay on ...

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) (born 1982), Romanian singer * Lora Aborn (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, American artist-curator *

Lora L. Corum Lora Lawrence (L.L. "Slim") Corum (January 8, 1899 - March 7, 1949) was co-winner of the 1924 Indianapolis 500. Biography L.L. Corum was born on January 8, 1899, in Jonesville, Indiana to Margaret Hannah Marquette and William Cecil Corum. During ...

(1899-1949), American co-winner *

Lora Fachie Lora Marie Fachie, (née Turnham; born 4 September 1988) is a visually impaired English racing cyclist who competes in para-cycling tandem road and track events. She is a double world champion, with pilot Corrine Hall, in the tandem road race ...

(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 fi ...

(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, American politician *

Lora Johnson Lora Johnson is an American author best known for the novel ''Ice.'' Her works include numerous original novels and ''Star Trek'' reference books including ''Mr. Scott's Guide to the Enterprise'', the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical ...

, American author *

Lora Lazar Lora Lazar is the pen name of a contemporary Bulgarian crime writer. Education The author graduated from the National School of Plastic Arts and the Dechko Uzunov Academy in Kazanlak before attending Sofia University, where she received a master's ...

, 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 A ...

(born 1965), American author * Lora Logic (born 1960), British saxophonist * Lora La Mance (born 1857), American writer * Lora Marx (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 (born 1964), American professional bodybuilder * Lora Petrova (born 1998), Bulgarian footballer * Lora Reinbold (born 1964), American politician * Lora Romero (1960-1997), American assistant professor * Lora Storey (born 1989), Australian middle-distance runner * Lora Webster (born 1986), American Paralympic volleyballist * Lora Yakovleva (born 1932), Russian chess grandmaster

People with the surname Lora

* Alan Loras, is a Bolivian footballer. *

Alberto Lora Ramos Alberto Lora Ramos (born 25 March 1987) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a right-back for Marino de Luanco. He spent most of his professional career with Sporting de Gijón, playing 267 matches across all competitions after signing in 2006. ...

(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 Carmen Josefina Lora Iglesias (1940 – April 13, 1999), known as Piky Lora, was a Dominican revolutionary and lawyer who was a part of the 14th of June Movement, a political group opposed to the Trujillo regime. During the guerilla warfare used i ...

(1940 – 1999), was a Dominican revolutionary and lawyer. *

Enrique Lora Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk ...

(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 Filippo Lora (born 21 November 1993) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Torres. Club career Early career Lora is a product of the A.C. Milan Youth Academy. He joined the U19 squad in 2010, spending three ...

(born 1993), Italian Football player of Spanish descent playing for Ravenna F.C. * Francisco Augusto Lora, 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 (Born 1982), Dominican international footballer * Luis Eduardo Lora (born 1986), Colombian football player. * Mathias Loras (1792-1858), French priest, first Bishop of the Dubuque Diocese *

Manny Lora Manuel M Lora Jr. is an American baseball coach and former pitcher. He played college baseball at Alabama A&M for coaches Michael Thompkins and Mitch Hill from 2009 to 2014. He returned to his alma mater in 2016 as an assistant coach. He served a ...

(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, 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'': wild e ...

a town on the Mataquito River, Chile *Lora, a frazioni in the municipality of Campegine, Italy * Lora (Split), 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, a four-year Catholic university located in Dubuque, Iowa * Falls of Lora, a tidal race which forms at the mouth of Loch Etive, Scotland *

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 R ...

'', a Parrot Snake found in northern South America and Trinidad and Tobago *Grey Lora or '' Leptophis stimsoni'', 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), a theatre quasiballistic missile produced in Israel * LORA, an acronym for Level of Repair Analysis * LoRa, a low power wireless communication technology * LORA, an acronym for "Logic Of Rational Agents", see

BDI Software Agents BDI may refer to: Science and technology * Beck Depression Inventory, a psychometric test for measuring the severity of depression * Belief–desire–intention model, a cognitive model developed by Michael Bratman ** Belief–desire–intention s ...

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 ...